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Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.

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

Theologaster :: Theologaster (n.) A pretender or quack in theology.

Obtend :: Obtend (v. t.) To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend.

Pretendership :: Pretendership (n.) The character, right, or claim of a pretender..

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

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

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

Bushwhacker :: Bushwhacker (n.) A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers..

Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (v. i.) To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

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

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

Un- :: Un- (adv.) Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; o

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

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

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

Magic :: Magic (a.) A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc..

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

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

Pretended :: Pretended (a.) Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend..

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