| peacock(verb, affect, pretend) |
| bastard(noun, adjective, false, bogus, illegitimate) |
| Pretender |
| color(noun, verb, appearance, change, cover) |
| concocted(adjective, wrong, false, counterfeit, dishonest) |
| flimflam(noun, adjective, bad, wrong, cheat) |
| improvise(verb, planned, compose, prepared) |
| inauthentic(false, bogus) |
| invented(adjective, false, counterfeit, pretend, phony) |
| juggle(verb, get, fix, arrange, trick) |
| lie(noun, verb, change, promote, play) |
| made-up(adjective, free, false, counterfeit, casual) |
| postiche |
| pretense(noun, performance, appearance, cover, show) |
| profess(verb, agree, allow, declare, assume) |
| put-on(noun, performance, appearance, cover, show) |
| rig(verb, arrange, equip, forge, engineer) |
| shenanigans |
| so-called(adjective, counterfeit, mock, near, pretend) |
| stage(verb, perform, pretend, enact, portray) |