- apocryphal: (adj) Of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
- bona fide: (adj) Done or made in good faith; sincere. Authentic; genuine.
- candor: (n) Frankness of expression; straightforwardness
- cant: (n) Insincerely pious language. the use of trite, conventional, and unexamined statements and ideas.
- charlatan: (n) A person who pretends to posses skill or knowledge; quack
- chicanery: (n) Deception by trickery. A trick.
- feign: (v) To give a false appearance of. to represent falsely; pretend to.
- insidious: (adj) Working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner. Intended to entrap; treacherous. Alluring but harmful.
- rectitude: (n) Moral uprightness; righteousness.
- veritable: (adj) Unquestionable; true.