Monday, August 31, 2009

Word of the Week #1

Word:

Replete (ri-pleet)

Original Sentence:

"In the Italian countryside near Como, Nicola and Elda Fabrizio, who founded the fabrics firm Dedar, restore an outbuilding of a seventeenth-century villa and estate to create a home replete with sumptuous textiles, furniture and accessories collected from India and the Far East."

Lisa Newsom (2009, September). The View From Veranda Expressive. Veranda, September 2009, 22.

Definitions:

1. abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually fol. by with): a speech replete with sentimentality.

2. stuffed or gorged with food and drink.

3. complete: a scholarly survey, replete in its notes and citations.

New Sentence:

The Spanish language guide I bought for my trip to the Mexican Riviera was replete with handy phrases for the non Spanish-speaking user.

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