didactic
Intended to instruct; teaching, or teaching a moral lesson
rustic
Relating to country life, unsophisticated; primitive, made of rough wood (adj); rural or uncultured person (noun)
exacerbate
Make worse (more violent, severe), inflame; irritate or embitter (a person)
superfluous
serving no useful purpose; more than is needed, desired, or required
conspicuous
without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
dictatorial
expecting unquestioning obedience; characteristic of an absolute ruler
chortle
to chuckle, laugh merrily
banal
Lacking freshness and originality; clich�
gall
the trait of being rude and impertinent; feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
cryptic
mysterious or vague, usually intentionally
deferential
showing respect
platitude
A shallow, overused statement; cliche
querulous
Given to complaining, grumbling
meticulous
Taking extreme care in regards to details; precise, fussy
engender
Produce, give rise to, cause to exist; procreate
obscure
make unclear; known by only a few
culpability
a state of guilt
frivolous
not serious in content or attitude or behavior
mawkish
overly sentimental to the point that it is disgusting
torpor
Sluggishness, lethargy, or apathy; a period of inactivity
incisive
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
aesthetic
Concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste, pertaining to the science of what is beautiful (adj); a sense of beauty and taste of a particular time and place (noun)
entrenched
fixed firmly or securely
decorous
Behaving with propriety and good taste; polite
perfidious
Disloyal, treacherous, violating one's trust
mitigate
Make less severe; lesson or moderate (damage, grief, pain, etc.)
culminate
Reach the highest point or final stage
voluble
Easily fluent in regards to speech
diffident
Lacking confidence, shy
predilection
Preference, tendency or favorability towards
lambast
criticize severely or angrily
gossamer
characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
audacious
Very bold or brave, often in a rude or reckless way; extremely original
inexorable
Relentless, unyielding; not moved by pleading
gainsay
Declare false, deny; oppose
eschew
Shun, avoid, abstain from
fortuitous
Happening by chance; lucky
vociferous
Noisily crying out, as in protest
bucolic
Pertaining to shepherds; suggesting a peaceful and pleasant view of rural life
preclude
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
presient
Having foreknowledge or foresight, seeing the future
impudent
improperly forward or bold
dogmatic
highly opinionated, not accepting that your belief may not be correct
reticent
Not talking much; private (of a person), retrained, reserved
germane
Relevant and appropriate, on-topic
aesthete
one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature
glut
an excessive supply; supply with an excess of
recondite
Not easily understood, hidden, dealing with an obscure topic
apathy
Not caring; absence of feeling; lack of interest or concern
concede
Give in, admit, yield; acknowledge reluctantly; grant or give up (such as giving up land after losing war)