4
plateau(noun, plain, prairie)
4
retreat(verb, get, go, advance, remove)
4
run off(expression, get, go, run, start)
4
skedaddle(verb, get, leave, escape, depart)
4
stop(verb, drop, end, cut, dismiss)
4
uncultivated(adjective, wild, fierce, savage, ferocious)
4
vacant(adjective, absence)
4
virtue(noun, quality, value, worth)
4
worth(quality, value, virtue)
3
abandoned(adjective, desolate)
3
abnegate(verb, reject, withdraw, abandon, yield)
3
arid region(noun, expression, area, environment, waste)
3
avoid(verb, get, run, start, disregard)
3
back of beyond(noun, expression, idiom, area, environment)
3
badlands(noun, waste, wild, rich, void)
3
bail out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, drop)
3
barrens(noun, waste, wild, scene, barren)
3
beach(noun, verb, leave, abandon, wreck)
3
beat it(verb, expression, move, go, advance)
3
boondocks(area, environment, region, habitat)
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