"she was ransacking the stores for jim's present." "she found it at last. it surely had been made for jim and no one else. there was no other like it in any of the stores, and she had turned all of them inside out. it was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation--as all good things should do. it was even worthy of the watch. as soon as she saw it she knew that it must be jim's." using context clues, which of the following best describes the term "meretricious" from the selection? a. exceptional b. superficial c. humble d. adequate