legible
le·gi·ble /ˈledʒəbəl, ˈledʒɪbəl/ adjective
- written or printed clearly enough for you to read OPP illegible:
- Her handwriting was so tiny it was barely legible.
hallucinate
hal·lu·ci·nate /həˈluːsəneɪt, həˈluːsɪneɪt/ verb [intransitive]
- to see or hear things that are not really there
barren
bar·ren /ˈbærən/ adjective
- land or soil that is barren has no plants growing on it:
- Thousands of years ago the surface was barren desert.
- old-fashioned unable to produce children or baby animals – used of a woman or of female animals SYN infertile OPP fertile
- a tree or plant that is barren does not produce fruit or seeds
- used to describe something that does not look interesting or attractive:
- The sports hall was a rather barren concrete building.
- used to describe a period of time during which you do not achieve anything or get any useful results:
- I scored five in the first seven games, but I’ve had a bit of a barren patch since then.
conduit
con·duit /ˈkɒndjuət, ˈkɒndjuɪt, -dɪt $ ˈkɑːnduət/ noun [countable]
- technical a pipe or passage through which water, gas, a set of electric wires etc passes
- formal a connection between two things that allows people to pass ideas, news, money, weapons, drugs etc from one place to another
- conduit for
- Drug traffickers have used the country as a conduit for shipments to the U.S.
hormone
hor·mone /ˈhɔːməʊn $ ˈhɔːrmoʊn/noun [countable]
- a chemical substance produced by your body that influences its growth, development, and condition