Transcript text: Select one entry for the blank. Fill the blank in the way that best completes the text.
As tough as it looks, the Chihuahuan Desert is a $\qquad$ place: although few humans have been here, their footsteps have fallen heavily in the desert.
\begin{tabular}{|c|}
\hline forbidding \\
\hline fragile \\
\hline secluded \\
\hline beguiling \\
\hline hallowed \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
Select one answer choice.