[{"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims:a sententious book.", "given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous .Synonyms: moralistic , sanctimonious , didactic , preachy", "given to or using pithy sayings or maxims:a sententious poet.", "of the nature of a maxim; pithy ."]}]