3
phony(verb, promote, create, fake, deceive)
3
play-act(verb, play, cheat, trick, pretend)
3
playact(verb, play, do, create, fake)
3
profess(verb, act, fake, affect, pretend)
2
concoct(verb, promote, create, fake, deceive)
2
disguise(deceive, affect, suggest, pretend, imitate)
2
dream(verb, pretend, imagine, fantasize)
2
enact(verb, act, play, do, fake)
2
equivocate(verb, promote, create, fake, deceive)
2
exaggerate(verb, promote, create, fake, deceive)
2
fabricate(verb, promote, create, fake, deceive)
2
fancy
2
fib(verb, promote, fake, deceive, pretend)
2
four-flush(fake, pretend, simulate)
2
hallucination
2
impersonation
2
invent(verb, promote, create, fake, deceive)
2
let on like(verb, expression, idiom)
2
make like(verb, expression, play, copy, mock)
2
misrepresent(verb, promote, create, fake, deceive)
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