| lap |
| mock(adjective, trick, deception, fraud, pretentious) |
| periphery(noun, top, level, face, side) |
| phony(noun, appearance, cover, fake, color) |
| playacting |
| posture(noun, appearance, cover, show, fake) |
| put-on |
| putting on airs(expression, idiom, show, sham, exaggeration) |
| rind(noun, top, level, face, surface) |
| screen(noun, cover, show, shade, block) |
| seeming(noun, appearance, show, sound, impression) |
| shell(noun, top, case, covering, surface) |
| simulacrum(noun, appearance, show, impression, semblance) |
| simulation(cover, show, trick, sham, cloak) |
| skin(noun, top, level, face, surface) |
| smoke screen(noun, expression, cover, top, trick) |
| superficiality(noun, top, level, face, side) |
| superficies(noun, top, level, face, surface) |
| superstratum(surface, skin, outside) |
| top(noun, advance, start, point, level) |