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  1. astral          pertaining to the stars; star-shaped                                                                
  2. bucolic         pertaining to something rural; a rural area                                                         
  3. coniferous      cone-bearing, as in evergreen trees                                                                 
  4. demure          sober; sedate; serious; shy                                                                         
  5. egregious       conspicuously bad; flagrant; glaring                                                                
  6. facile          easily achieved or performed; superficial,        lacking depth                                     
  7. generic         applicable to every member of a class; having a   wide, general application                         
  8. illicit         unlawful; not allowed                                                                               
  9. inherent        forming an essential part of something                                                              
  10. jocose          humorous; playful; joking                                                                           
  11. menial          pertaining to servants; servile; abject                                                             
  12. ominous         threatening; foreshadowing evil consequences                                                        
  13. pernicious      destructive; very injurious; deadly                                                                 
  14. prosaic         commonplace and ordinary; dull                                                                      
  15. recondite       not easily perceived; abstruse; hidden                                                              
  16. servile         slavelike; being in a position of a slave or      servant                                           
  17. supercilious    showing contempt or indifference; arrogant                                                          
  18. transient       of short duration; passing quickly; not           permanent; temporary                              
  19. vainglorious    excessively vain or boastful                                                                        
  20. voluble         fluent; having an easy way with words;            garrulous                                         
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