5
disguise(noun, cover, show, fake, cloak)
5
dissimulation(noun, cover, trick, display, deception)
5
fakery(noun, trick, sham, con, falsehood)
5
insincerity(noun, trick, display, deception, lie)
5
masquerade(noun, cover, cause, fake, trick)
5
pretence
5
pretext(noun, cover, show, cause, reason)
5
stance(noun, performance, show, fake, attitude)
4
acting(trick, sham, con, falsehood, cloak)
4
attitude(noun, performance, show, fake, sham)
4
bluff(noun, cause, con, excuse, pretense)
4
conceit(noun, show, passion, fashion, fantasy)
4
demeanor(noun, sky, look, conduct, space)
4
falseness(noun, pretense, duplicity, pretension, insincerity)
4
feigning(performance, show, trick, attitude, sham)
4
feint(noun, cause, con, excuse, pretense)
4
fraud(noun, display, deception, lie, pretense)
4
grandiosity(noun, show, fake, display, exaggeration)
4
guise(noun, cover, cause, fake, trick)
4
imitation(noun, behavior, exaggeration, pretension, artifice)
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