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excuse
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false front(noun, expression, cover, show, counterfeit)
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feigning
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fraud
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gloss
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grandioseness(noun, show, fake, plain, conceit)
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insincerity(noun, show, sham, exaggeration, artifice)
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largeness
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pedantry(noun, act, show, display, exhibit)
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pretending
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put-on(noun, show, fake, counterfeit, face)
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sham(noun, show, fake, trick, fantasy)
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side
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stake
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subterfuge
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superiority(noun, scorn, disdain, nerve, conceit)
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swagger(noun, show, scorn, flash, disdain)
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vainglory(noun, show, flash, disdain, pride)
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attitudinizing(noun, fake, sham, pretense, mannerism)
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authority(noun, power, right, title, award)
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