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cagey
    reluctant to give information owing to caution or suspicion.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    corporeal
    having a body.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    symbiote
    an organism living in symbiosis with another.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    imperious
    in a domineering or dictatorial manner.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    sentient
    able to perceive or feel things.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    forlorn
    pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    efface
    erase (a mark) from a surface.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    exacting
    making great demands on one's skill or attention.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    Usage Example: an exacting orbit