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Dissemble :: Dissemble (v. i.) To conceal the real fact, motives, /tention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite..

Pretenseful :: Pretenseful (a.) Abounding in pretenses.

Sham :: Sham (v. i.) To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.

Mountebankery :: Mountebankery (n.) The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.

Reality :: Reality (n.) That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea..

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

Humbug :: Humbug (n.) An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.

Religionism :: Religionism (n.) Affectation or pretense of religion.

Counttenance :: Counttenance (n.) Superficial appearance; show; pretense.

Feint :: Feint (a.) That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.

Job :: Job (v. i.) To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

Show :: Show (n.) False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.

Shoplifter :: Shoplifter (n.) One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal..

Open :: Open (a.) Without reserve or false pretense; sincere; characterized by sincerity; unfeigned; frank; also, generous; liberal; bounteous; -- applied to personal appearance, or character, and to the expression of thought and feeling, etc..

Sham :: Sham (v. t.) To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.

Soldier :: Soldier (v. i.) To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task..

Pretensed :: Pretensed (a.) Pretended; feigned.

Sincerity :: Sincerity (n.) The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness..

Cloak :: Cloak (n.) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.

Pretenceless :: Pretenceless (a.) See Pretense, Pretenseful, Pretenseless..

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