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Schoolmaster;
• (dissemble)- to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth
or real nature of, ( , ); I am under
no necessity to dissemble, and dissimulation is foreign to my habits, and
abhorrent to my nature! — Tales and Novels — Volume 08;
• (pretend)- to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so, ( /
, ); to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong;
• to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign; to pretend to go to sleep;
• to make believe,( ); He pretended, therefore, to be
cheerful and happy; and fortunately his old habits enabled him to play his
part well. — The Adventures of Daniel Boone: the Kentucky rifleman;
• (fraud)- deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence,
perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage,
( , , , ); Any fraudulent, abusive, or
otherwise illegal activity may be grounds for termination of this Agreement;
• (impostor)- a person who practices deception under an assumed character,
identity, or name, ( , , , ); If he had been a low
ignorant impostor, like a person he could name, he would have been
employed and honoured. — The Life of George Borrow;
• (sham)- to assume the appearance of; pretend to have, ( , /
); We know why Lupin shammed the murder of the girl and
spread the rumor of his own death. — The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of
Arsene Lupin;
• (role player)- one who assumes or acts out a particular role;
• (poser)- a poseur; Very simple and gentle, with a sweet voice; undesirous of
shining or poser-ing, so it seems to me. — The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett
Browning;
• (poseur)- a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting
a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true
one, ( , ,
); That statement alone elucidates the difference between a real
scientist and the kind of poseur we see in Richard Dawkins. — InstaPunk;
• (posture)- an affected or unnatural attitude, (
/ , , ); Her posture, her expression, the way she
moved her hands, even the texture and lines of her face—all of them were
totally different. — Angelmass;
hypocrite > hypocritical^ crisis : juncture : exigency