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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by a total meltdown,

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every ice cube's greatest fear.

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Which of the words is closest in meaning to "replete"?

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Like you plete and you plete again.

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And here are the potential answers.

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[ mumbles ] All right.

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Let's break this one down.

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The prefix "re" can mean again,

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and the root "ple" comes from the Latin word "plenus,"

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- rhymes with something else but, frat dudes, stop snickering -

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meaning "to fill up."

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So let's see which one of these is closest.

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All right, well, we can start by eliminating B - discourage,

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which means to persuade against,

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like when your mom discourages you from dying your hair purple.

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[ clears throat ] That's good advice.

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So this one's way off.

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Then there's D - required,

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which means "to need or demand something."

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Sure, if your bank account is empty, well, you might be required to add more money,

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but, uh, we'll keep looking for a better option.

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A - empty. A synonym of the word empty is

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"deplete," which sounds pretty close to "replete,"

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but they actually mean opposite things. [ buzzer noise ]

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So that leaves us with C - full,

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which matches the definition we figured out above.

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So the correct answer is C - full.

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Yeah, like your plate when you've got a lot going on. [ sigh ]

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[ sobbing ]

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