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Pretense :: Pretense (n.) Alt. of Pretenc.

Trumpery :: Trumpery (n.) Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish..

Pretext :: Pretext (n.) Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.

Dissemble :: Dissemble (v. t.) To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign.

Make-believe :: Make-believe (n.) A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention..

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

Mountebank :: Mountebank (v. t.) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull.

Veneer :: Veneer (v. t.) A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show; gloss; false pretense..

Saintism :: Saintism (n.) The character or quality of saints; also, hypocritical pretense of holiness..

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

Brag :: Brag (n.) A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification.

Veil :: Veil (n.) A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.

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..

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

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

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

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

Stalkless :: Stalking-horse (n.) Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense.

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

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

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