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  1. aesthetic       pertaining to a sense of the beautiful; loving    beauty                                            
  2. bourgeois       pertaining to or belonging to the middle class                                                      
  3. complacent      self-satisfied; pleased with oneself                                                                
  4. decrepit        weakened by old age; feeble; infirm                                                                 
  5. effervescent    bubbling and hissing; exhibiting lively behavior                                                    
  6. extraneous      unrelated to the matter at hand; irrelevant;      not needed                                        
  7. fulsome         distastefully excessive and insincere; disgusting                                                   
  8. homogeneous     consisting of similar or related elements                                                           
  9. inexorable      not to be moved by pleading; unyielding                                                             
  10. irascible       easily provoked to anger; quick-tempered                                                            
  11. maudlin         excessively emotional; mawkish                                                                      
  12. obtuse          stupid; dense; lacking sharpness or quickness                                                       
  13. perennial       occurring year after year or throughout the year                                                    
  14. profligate      recklessly extravagant; depraved and dissolute                                                      
  15. ravenous        hungry; famished to starvation                                                                      
  16. secular         of this world and life; things other than         spiritual or religious                            
  17. subservient     servile; obsequious; acting like a slave                                                            
  18. tortuous        consisting of irregular bends; difficult to       follow; not straightforward                       
  19. urbane          being elegant in manner; suave                                                                      
  20. vivacious       lively and active; full of spirit; fun-loving                                                       
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