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gasconade(noun, show, talk, claim, swank)
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gilt
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grandiloquence(noun, claim, exaggeration, swank, brag)
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grandstand play(expression, act, show, display, flash)
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humbug
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imitation(noun, show, copy, deception, counterfeit)
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imperiousness(noun, scorn, disdain, nerve, pride)
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inflatedness
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license(noun, power, right, title, award)
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nerve(noun, scorn, disdain, pride, conceit)
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ostensible motive(expression, idiom, dissuasion)
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parade(noun, act, show, display, flash)
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phony(noun, show, fake, copy, counterfeit)
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playacting(fantasy, story, disguise, unreality)
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posing(noun, pretense, affectation, pretentiousness, self-importance)
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posture(noun, fake, sham, pretense)
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presumptuousness
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profession(noun, interest, case, call, property)
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