20
performing(noun, verb, adjective, imitation, entertainment)
15
temporary(adjective, continue, short, unsettled, substitute)
13
behaving(verb, adjective, feature, characteristic, detail)
11
interim(noun, adjective, continue, substitute, temporary)
10
playing(noun, verb, dramatizing)
10
functioning(noun, verb, adjective, working)
10
impersonation(noun, performance, imitation, representation, entertaining)
10
pretense(noun, cover, show, trick, honest)
10
reacting(verb, adjective, feature, characteristic, detail)
10
stage(noun, adjective, action, substitute, entertaining)
9
drama(noun, act, play, presentation, entertaining)
9
feigning(noun, adjective, trick, sham, cloak)
8
alternate(adjective, limited, substitute, brief, temporary)
8
act(noun, part, honest, display, true)
8
ad interim(expression, adjective, continue, limited, unsettled)
8
answering(verb, adjective, feature, characteristic, detail)
8
defending(verb, adjective, feature, characteristic, detail)
8
deputy(adjective, substitute, temporary, standby, pro tem)
8
operating(noun, verb, adjective)
8
playacting(noun, verb)
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