5
imposture(noun, trick, fraud)
5
inflation(fancy, line, excess, ornament, exaggeration)
5
make-believe(noun, cover, fake, trick, counterfeit)
5
mannerism(noun, show, fake, trait, sham)
5
masquerade(noun, cover, fake, copy, counterfeit)
5
ostentatiousness(noun, act, show, display, exhibit)
5
prerogative(noun, power, right, interest, case)
5
showiness(noun, show, fake, display, pretense)
5
superciliousness(noun, show, scorn, disdain, nerve)
4
affectedness(noun, show, exaggeration, arrogance, front)
4
affirmation(noun, interest, case, call, property)
4
air(noun, show, fake, trait, sham)
4
ambitiousness(noun, pretense, affectation, assertion, pretentiousness)
4
appearance(noun, show, sham, exaggeration, artifice)
4
assumption(noun, disdain, conceit, pretense, arrogance)
4
birthright(noun, interest, case, call, property)
4
bluff(noun, trick, daring, boldness, maneuver)
4
bombast(noun, show, talk, claim, ornament)
4
braggadocio(noun, show, scorn, claim, flash)
4
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