[soph·ist] a paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric in ancient Greece, associated in popular thought with moral skepticism and specious reasoning.
[pe·dan·tic] of or like a pedant.
[dog·mat·ic] inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.
[varlet] a rascal or a dishonest, deceitful person
a person who is narrow-minded, hostile to or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, and aesthetic refinement, often characterized by a materialistic worldview
[ca·coph·o·ny] a mixture of loud unpleasant sounds.
a term used to describe nonsense, foolish talk, or writing.
