Vocabulary and Grammar
What is the meaning of
meretricious as it is used in this sentence from "The Gift of the Magi"?
It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its vale by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation- as all good things should do.
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• showy and vulgar
• fashionable and glitzy
• low-quality and cheap
• ridiculous and exaggerated
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The meaning of "meretricious" in this context is "showy and vulgar."
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