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varnish(noun, top, case, dress, covering)
2
veneer(noun, appearance, cover, show, top)
2
window-dressing(noun, cover, show, top, fake)
2
window dressing(expression, cover, top, finish, fake)
1
affinity(noun, appearance, impression, resemblance, facade)
1
airs and graces(expression, idiom)
1
ambidexterity(craft, deception, dishonesty, treachery, cunning)
1
ambidextrousness(craft, deception, dishonesty, treachery, cunning)
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apology
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appurtenance
1
array
1
aspect(noun, appearance, cover, show, impression)
1
awning(noun, top, case, dress, covering)
1
bait(noun, catch, fake, trick, trap)
1
banana
1
bark(noun, top, case, dress, covering)
1
beard(cover, catch, fake, trick, color)
1
beguilement(fraud, deceit, lying, falsehood, duplicity)
1
betrayal(fraud, deceit, lying, falsehood, duplicity)
1
binding(noun, top, case, dress, covering)
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