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Pretend :: Pretend (v. t.) To hold before one; to extend.

Connive :: Connive (v. t.) To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see.

Witling :: Witling (n.) A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.

Quiz :: Quiz (v. t.) To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions..

Sham :: Sham (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight..

Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop..

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

Philosophist :: Philosophist (n.) A pretender in philosophy.

Dissimulate :: Dissimulate (v. i.) To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

Feign :: Feign (v. t.) To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness..

Stoicity :: Stoicism (n.) A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.

Countenance :: Countenance (v. t.) To make a show of; to pretend.

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..

Pretender :: Pretender (n.) The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law..

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..

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

Pretension :: Pretension (n.) The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title..

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

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

Grammaticaster :: Grammaticaster (n.) A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.

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