Glib - Articulate but insincere and shallow
hypocritical - professing feelings or virtues one does not have
Imminence - the state or fact of being about to happen
"the populace was largely unaware of the imminence of war"
Jactitate - To jactitate is to toss around restlessly.
Kempt - neat and tidy
Longueur - a tedious passage in a book or other work
Misbegotten - badly conceived, designed, or planned
Nabob - a Muslim official or governor under the Mogul empire
Opaque - not able to be seen through; not transparent,"the windows were opaque with steam"
Placebo - a substance that has no therapeutic effect, used as a control in testing new drugs.
a measure designed merely to calm or please someone.
Quacksalver - One who pretends to possess medical or other skills
Refulgence - a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance
Surreptitious - Done secretly, acting in a stealthy way
Tontine -
an annuity shared by subscribers to a loan or common fund, the shares increasing as subscribers die until the last survivor enjoys the whole income
a scheme for life insurance in which the beneficiaries are those who survive and maintain a policy to the end of a given period
Umbrage - offense or annoyance.
