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List # 13
American Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aesthetic | referring to a sense of beauty; artistic |
| eclectic | carefully selected from many good sources |
| gratuitous | offered freely, but not necessary under the circumstances, therefore unwanted or unneeded |
| inevitable | unavoidable |
| irony | the opposite of what would be normal or expected; humor based on incongruity |
| expedient | suitable, practical, or advisable; also opportunistic |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authorship, fictitious |
| heinous | shockingly awful, appalling; abominable |
| mundane | everyday, commonplace, like menial chores |
| arduous | demanding, hard to achieve;strenouous |
| prodigal | wildly extravagant or lavish in spending |
| quixotic | extravagantly idealistic; unpredictable; unrealistic or imaginary |
| leg/lect/lig | to choose, pick read |
| leg | law |
| predilection | natural preference; positive feelings for |
| negligible | of only minor importance |
| legitimate | correct by law; conforming to accepted procedure |
| legislate | to formally enact as law; to rule legally |