not natural; made by or resulting from art or artifice; constructed, contrived.

affected; insincere; feigned; factitious; sham.

an ingenious expedient; a cunning trick; an underhand, deceitful plan; an artful or sly trickery.

he who deceives; a cheat.

the practices of a witch or witches, esp. the use of magic or sorcery; the exercise of supernatural power supposed to be possessed by a person in league with the devil or evil spirits; witchcraft.

a boy who has been adopted without the permission of his parents by another person.

a kind ofrtificial salt.

a person given to hypocrisy, pretension etc.