Her presentation was ______ with witty literary allusions that delighted the academic audience.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. replete with insightful cultural references
- Step 1: 'Replete with' means filled or well-supplied with something, especially rich or plentiful elements. The speaker's lecture was enriched by an abundance of cultured and engaging literary references. Answer: replete with insightful cultural references. Why not the others: "bereft of any humor" means completely deprived of, lacking, or lonely without humor, the exact opposite; "devoid of anecdotes" means entirely empty of stories, which contradicts the presence of allusions; "deficient in all wit" means lacking the necessary quality of wit, insufficient, or defective.
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