| A | B |
|---|
| didactic | instructive, designed to teach; morally "preachy"; pedantic |
| fickle | changeable, inconstant, irresolute; not steadfast |
| gullible | easily fooled; naive, ingenuous, innocent |
| insipid | lacking flavor, zip, or interest; dull, flat |
| petty | of minor importance; small-minded |
| incorrigible | extremely difficult to manage or control; delinquent, recalcitrant |
| dogmatic | stubbornly opinionated; dictatorial; doctrinaire |
| orthodox | according to traditional teaching or established religious doctrine; "by the book" |
| officious | self-important and meddlesome; interfering; impertinent |
| pompous | puffed up with self-importance; arrogant |
| inane | witless, empty, insipid, "dopey" |
| docile | easily controlled or taught; compliant, tractable, amenable, obedient |
| indoctrinate | to teach the basics; teach a specific point of view |
| willful | headstrong; stubbornly self-willed; unruly |
| tedious | tiresome, boring; seeming too long or dull |
| wanton | arousing sexual desire; lacking human kindness (as in "wanton cruelty"); malicious; unchecked (as in "a wanton growth of weeds") |
