| simulation(noun, cover, show, cause, reason) |
| stalking-horse |
| artifice(noun, trick, shift, escape, routine) |
| blind(cover, trick, air, disguise, veil) |
| bluff(noun, cover, cause, fake, reason) |
| claim(noun, action, trick, sham, statement) |
| dodge(noun, trick, escape, excuse, maneuver) |
| feigning(trick, sham, con, falsehood, cloak) |
| pretend(trick, deception, fraud, pretense, hoax) |
| red herring(noun, expression, cause, reason, con) |
| apologia(noun, cause, reason, approval, argument) |
| camouflage(noun, cover, hide, disguise, cloak) |
| cover story(noun, expression, cause, reason, trick) |
| façade(noun, cover, show, trick, face) |
| false show(expression, idiom, appearance, show, face) |
| fraud(noun, trick, deception, pretense, hoax) |
| imposture(noun, trick, deception, fraud, pretense) |
| loophole |
| ostentation(noun, trick, effect, face, sham) |
| ploy(noun, cause, reason, trick, con) |