express one's opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic

serving utilitarian purposes only; mechanical; practical

encouraging a person to learn, discover, understand, or solve problems on his or her own, as by experimenting, evaluating possible answers or solutions, or by trial and error

portraying strict and inflexible judgment

to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble

having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd

former; erstwhile

a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.

not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable

adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful

outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended

excess; overabundance

the state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person, typically experienced involuntarily and characterized by a strong desire for reciprocation of one's feelings but not primarily for a sexual relationship

physical beauty; comeliness

personification, as of inanimate things

free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant