2
misstate(verb, promote, fake, deceive, pretend)
2
mock(verb, copy, represent, imitate, mirror)
2
play possum(expression, fake, pretend, simulate)
2
prevaricate(verb, promote, create, fake, deceive)
2
put up a front(expression, idiom, promote, fake, deceive)
2
snow(verb, promote, fake, cheat, trick)
2
tin
1
BS(verb, promote, fake, deceive, phony)
1
act a part(expression, idiom)
1
act like(expression, deceive, affect, suggest, pretend)
1
acting
1
affected
1
ape(verb, create, copy, mock, affect)
1
apocryphal
1
apparition
1
artificial
1
assume the role(expression, play, fake, counterfeit, pretend)
1
assumed
1
attitudinize(verb, act, fake, affect, pretend)
1
bamboozle(cheat, trick, pretend, mislead, delude)
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