Glib - Articulate but insincere and shallow
hypocritical - professing feelings or virtues one does not have
Jactitate - To jactitate is to toss around restlessly.
Longueur - a tedious passage in a book or other work
Nabob - a Muslim official or governor under the Mogul empire
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
