antediluvian
of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
laconic
brief and to the point; effectively cut short
oligarchy
a political system governed by a few people
heedless
marked by or paying little heed or attention
avaricious
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
indolent
disinclined to work or exertion
anthropomorphic
suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things
polemic
a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
exoteric
suitable for the general public
elegiac
resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy
pulchritude
physical beauty (especially of a woman)
pusillanimous
lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
quixotic
not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic
platitudinous
dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
loquacious
full of trivial conversation
