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List # 13
American Studies
Question | Answer |
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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 |