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faking(noun, cover, cloak, veil, trickery)
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false colors(expression, appearance, cover, fake, color)
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feigning(performance, show, attitude)
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feint(trick, deception, fraud, pretense, hoax)
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figure(noun, appearance, impression, resemblance, facade)
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fraud(trick, deception, pretense, hoax)
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frontage(appearance, cover, fake, color, front)
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gilt
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gloss(cover, fake)
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hypocrisy(show, fake, trick, deception, fraud)
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insincerity(show, sham, exaggeration, pretension, artifice)
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lap
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mannerism(show, sham, exaggeration, front, pretension)
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pageant(noun, cover, show, display, counterfeit)
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posing(pretense, affectation, pretentiousness)
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posture(performance, appearance, show, attitude, air)
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pretense(noun, performance, appearance, cover, show)
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pretext(appearance, cover, show, fake, trick)
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putting on airs(expression, idiom, show, sham, exaggeration)
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seeming(noun, appearance, show, impression, air)
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