Question

Passage

The Shakers, an American religious group prominent in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, have left a
surprising legacy: their classic furniture. By resisting excessive ornamentation, the Shakers produced some
of the simplest and most beautiful furniture ever made. The Shakers' concentration on simplicity of line and
on the merging of form and function make them forerunners to modern design.
Question
In the second sentence, "excessive" most nearly means
O pleasing
O unnecessary
O obvious
O tempting

Answer 1

B: unnecessary

Step-by-step explanation:

The passage states that they had classic furniture by resisting excessive ornamentation and that they were simple, what this basically means is that they were simplistic and did not need or want unnecessary things on there shakers.