Mar 28 (7) Pat's words

The hotel we stayed in was really dilapidated. a dilapidated old car/shed

We drove through a barren, rocky landscape

The scientists were piqued because science and hard work made their colleague wealthy. She felt piqued at being excluded from the meeting.

a savoury dish/sauce/flavour savoury dumplings/pancakes A pie can be sweet or savoury. If you say that something is not savoury, you mean that it is not pleasant or socially acceptable: That hotel doesn't have a very savoury reputation.

the pungent whiff of a goat I sat down to a cup of wonderfully pungent Turkish coffee.

Salary scales vary between states/from state to state/according to state/with each state. The samples varied in quality but were generally acceptable.

Mrs Brown screamed (= shouted angrily) at Joel for dropping the test-tube.

a beautiful mountain wilderness Alaska is the last great wilderness.