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Greekling :: Greekling (n.) A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions..

Misprofess :: Misprofess (v. i.) To make a false profession; to make pretensions to skill which is not possessed.

Quack :: Quack (a.) Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor..

Don :: Don (n.) A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities..

Mansion :: Mansion (n.) The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.

Wiseacre :: Wiseacre (v.) One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce..

Pharisee :: Pharisee (n.) One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them to separate themselves from the other Jews..

Pretence :: Pretence (n.) The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension.

Charlatan :: Charlatan (n.) One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank..

Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.

Canter :: Canter (n.) One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

Charlatanry :: Charlatanry (n.) Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.

Villa :: Villa (n.) A country seat; a country or suburban residence of some pretensions to elegance.

Charlatanical :: Charlatanical (a.) Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish.

Ismaelite :: Ismaelite (n.) One of a sect of Mohammedans who favored the pretensions of the family of Mohammed ben Ismael, of the house Ali..

Highflier :: Highflier (n.) One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners..

Pretentious :: Pretentious (a.) Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.

Facade :: Facade (n.) The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facade unfinished, though the interior may be in use..

Plain :: Plain (superl.) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.

Braggadocio :: Braggadocio (n.) Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.

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