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façade(noun, appearance, cover, top)
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hypocrisy(noun, deception, dishonesty, treachery)
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ostentation(noun, cover, trick, effect)
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subterfuge(noun, cover, trick, dishonesty)
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veil(noun, appearance, cover, cause)
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air(noun, appearance, cover, fake)
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color(noun, appearance, cover, cause)
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dissimulation(noun, cover, trick, deception)
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evasion(noun, cover, trick, deception)
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front(noun, performance, appearance, cover)
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pose(noun, performance, appearance, cover)
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act(noun, cover, fake, trick)
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fabrication(noun, cover, deception, counterfeit)
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falsification(noun, cover, trick, sham)
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mannerism(noun, fake, honest, true)
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acting(noun, cover, trick, honest)
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appearance(noun, cover, cause, finish)
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artificiality(noun, sham, exaggeration, pretension)
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fake(noun, verb, performance, appearance, cover)
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fakery(noun, cover, trick, deception)
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