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performing(verb, adjective, imitation, entertainment)
11
interim(adjective, continue, substitute, temporary)
10
playing(verb, dramatizing)
10
functioning(verb, adjective, working)
10
impersonation(performance, imitation, representation, entertaining)
10
pretense(cover, show, trick, honest)
10
stage(adjective, action, substitute, entertaining)
9
drama(act, play, presentation, entertaining)
9
feigning(adjective, trick, sham, cloak)
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act(part, honest, display, true)
8
operating(verb, adjective)
8
playacting
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pantomime(assumption, entertaining, drama, dissimulation)
6
show(act, part, character, honest)
5
masquerade(trick, honest, display, true)
5
performance(act, person, part, character)
5
simulation(honest, display, true, sham)
4
sham(trick, honest, display, true)
4
affectation(trick, sham, con, falsehood)
4
disguise(honest, display, true)
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