| artifice(noun, trick, shift, escape, routine) |
| bluff(noun, cover, cause, fake, reason) |
| claim(noun, action, trick, sham, statement) |
| feigning(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| red herring(noun, expression, cause, reason) |
| ostentation(noun, trick, effect, face, sham) |
| ploy(noun, cause, reason, trick) |
| shift(noun, reason, slip, trick, escape) |
| acting(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| cause(noun, action, reason, base, call) |
| cop-out(noun, cover, cause, reason, slip) |
| dissimulation(cover, show, trick, sham) |
| fakery(trick, deception, sham, fraud) |
| faking(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| hoax(noun, trick, deception, sham) |
| make-believe(noun, fake, trick, effect, face) |
| posing(trick, sham, falsehood, cloak) |
| routine(noun, cause, reason, slip, trick) |
| story(noun, action, reason, trick, claim) |
| whitewash(noun, verb, reason, trick, deception) |