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overstatement(noun, increase, praise, fancy, line)
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embellishment(noun, lie, decoration, hype, hyperbole)
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aggrandizement(noun, increase, raise, gain, rise)
15
caricature(noun, fancy, line, sham, misrepresentation)
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lie(bias, falsehood, alteration, parody, distortion)
14
magnification(noun, increase, praise, fancy, development)
13
distortion(noun, lie, sham, falsehood, alteration)
11
overestimation(noun, fancy, line, aggravation, embellishment)
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fish story(noun, expression, idiom, story, embellishment)
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misrepresentation(noun, lie, bias, falsehood, untruth)
10
hyperbole(speech, stress)
9
excess(noun, fancy, waste, line, luxury)
8
extravagance(noun, fancy, waste, line, excess)
8
travesty(noun, sham, ridicule, parody, misrepresentation)
8
colouring
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falsification(noun, lie, falsehood, alteration, untruth)
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falsehood(noun, fancy, line, lie, embellishment)
8
prevarication(lie, falsehood, fib)
8
satire(noun, style, sham, manner, device)
6
burlesque(noun, sham, parody, misrepresentation, charade)
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