| semblance(noun, cover, show, cause, top) |
| charade(noun, cover, trick, deception, sham) |
| deceit(noun, trick, deception, sham) |
| device(noun, cause, excuse, pretense) |
| faking(noun, cover, trick, sham) |
| feigning(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| posing(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| veneer(noun, cover, show, top, fake) |
| artifice(trick, deception, sham, falsehood) |
| display(noun, verb, fake, trick, affect) |
| double-dealing(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| dumb act(expression, trick, sham, cloak) |
| excuse(cause, trick, sham, cloak) |
| fabrication(trick, copy, deception, counterfeit, sham) |
| falsification(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| fig leaf(noun, expression, cover, cause, top) |
| invention(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| make-believe(noun, verb, cover, trick, sham) |
| posturing(noun, fake, trick, sham) |
| pretentiousness(noun, cover, trick, sham) |