[Answer] The mailed wedding invitation was a ______ gesture; as the best man, I'm obviously invited to the wedding.

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "The mailed wedding invitation was a ______ gesture; as the best man, I'm obviously invited to the wedding."

...1. Gadabout 2. Perfunctory 3. Bellicose 4. Pugnacious

[Answer] The mailed wedding invitation was a ______ gesture; as the best man, I'm obviously invited to the wedding.

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "The mailed wedding invitation was a ______ gesture; as the best man, I'm obviously invited to the wedding."

...Perfunctory comes from the Latin word perfunctorius, which means “careless,” and its even deeper roots can be traced back to the verb perfungi, which can be interpreted as “discharged.” With these roots in mind, it shouldn’t be too surprising that words like function and defunct are from the same family.