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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..

Humble :: Humble (superl.) Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage..

Feigner :: Feigner (n.) One who feigns or pretends.

Pretend :: Pretend (v. t.) To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.

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

Pretence :: Pretence (n.) That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint..

Pansophical :: Pansophical (a.) All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders..

Impostor :: Impostor (n.) One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender..

Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.

Divinity :: Divinity (a.) A pretended deity of pagans; a false god.

Affecter :: Affecter (n.) One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after..

Dissimulate :: Dissimulate (a.) Feigning; simulating; pretending.

Simulate :: Simulate (a.) Feigned; pretended.

Preterition :: Preterition (n.) A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just. Called also paraleipsis..

Corival :: Corival (v. t.) To rival; to pretend to equal.

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

Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..

Pretex :: Pretex (v. t.) To frame; to devise; to disguise or excuse; hence, to pretend; to declare falsely..

Reformalize :: Reformalize (v. i.) To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.

Philosophaster :: Philosophaster (n.) A pretender to philosophy.

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