adj.
VERBS
▪ appear , be
▪ become
▪ make sth
▪
The years of growing cotton had made the land completely ~.
ADVERB
▪ completely
▪ almost
▪ fairly ( esp. BrE ), largely , rather , very
Barren is used with these nouns: ↑ desert , ↑ earth , ↑ expanse , ↑ ground , ↑ hill , ↑ land , ↑ landscape , ↑ plain , ↑ rock , ↑ shore , ↑ spell , ↑ terrain , ↑ wilderness , ↑ womb