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Pretended :: Pretended (imp. & p. p.) of Preten.

Spoliation :: Spoliation (v. t.) The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title..

Pretending :: Pretending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preten.

Affected :: Affected (p. p. & a.) Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.

Perfectionist :: Perfectionist (n.) One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinlessness in this life..

Paraleipsis :: Paraleipsis (n.) A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice..

Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.

Pretend :: Pretend (v. t.) To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

True :: True (n.) Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian..

Simular :: Simular (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender..

Soi-disant :: Soi-disant (a.) Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.

Pretender :: Pretender (n.) One who pretends, simulates, or feigns..

Assumer :: Assumer (n.) One who assumes, arrogates, pretends, or supposes..

Would-be :: Would-be (a.) Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet..

Pretendingly :: Pretendingly (adv.) As by right or title; arrogantly; presumptuously.

Skepticize :: Skepticize (v. i.) To doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything.

Pretendence :: Pretendence (n.) The act of pretending; pretense.

Homely :: Homely (n.) Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners..

Quack :: Quack (n.) A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.

Pedant :: Pedant (n.) One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.

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