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Spurious :: Spurious (a.) Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate..

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

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..

Malingerer :: Malingerer (n.) In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability..

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

Pretend :: Pretend (v. i.) To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to..

Dudder :: Dudder (n.) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer..

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

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

Feign :: Feign (v. t.) To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true..

Pretender :: Pretender (n.) One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant..

Assentation :: Assentation (n.) Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence..

Hocuspocus :: Hocuspocus (n.) A term used by jugglers in pretended incantations.

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..

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

Diviner :: Diviner (n.) One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means..

Divinator :: Divinator (n.) One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner.

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

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

Dogsleep :: Dogsleep (n.) Pretended sleep.

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