All terms in this list:

conundrum: a puzzling problem

convoluted: twisted around

cloying: sickeningly sweet; too much of a good thing

crass: bad-mannered; offensive

culpable: guilty; being the one to blame

decorous: formal, proper

derelict: a bum, an abandoned boat, a person who blows off his obligations

discursive: wandering off course, digressing

disingenuous: crafty, scamming

divert: to entertain or amuse; to change the course of something