1. Noun
Alt. of Pretence
2. Noun
the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
Vocabulary classified under Law
3. Noun
imaginative intellectual play
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
4. Noun
an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
5. Noun
a false or unsupportable quality
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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