Saturday, September 29, 2012

That's What I am

Today's Word "repository"
A place where things may be put for safekeeping
repository \ri-POZ-i-tor-ee, -tore-ee\ (noun) - 1 : A place where things may be put for safekeeping. 2 : A warehouse. 3 : A museum. 4 : A burial vault; a tomb. 5 : One that contains or is a store of something specified. 6 : One who is entrusted with secrets or confidential information.

"Having been hurt so often in the past, Terri placed her heart in a sort of repository so that no one could ever get so close to her again."

Latin reponere, reposit- : re- + ponere, to place.

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