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Noun: pretense Pronunciation:  (‘pree,ten(t)s) Pretense meaning: The act of giving a false appearance Synonyms: pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning Pretending with intention to deceive Synonyms: pretence, feigning, dissembling Imaginative intellectual play Synonyms: believe A false or …

Noun: dissembling Pronunciation:  (di’sem-b(u-)ling) Dissembling meaning: Pretending with intention to deceive Synonyms: pretense, pretence, feigning The act of deceiving Synonyms: deception, deceit, dissimulation Verb: dissemble Pronunciation:  (di’sem-bul) Dissembling meaning: Make believe with the intent to …

Noun: feigning Pronunciation:  (fey-ning) Feigning meaning: Pretending with intention to deceive Synonyms: pretense, pretense, dissembling The act of giving a false appearance Synonyms: pretense, pretense, pretending, simulation Verb: feign Pronunciation:(feyn) Feigning meaning: Make believe with …

Noun: sea rover Pronunciation:  (see row-vu(r)) Sea rover meaning: Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation Synonyms: pirate, buccaneer, sea robber Derived …

Adjective: lopsided Pronunciation: (‘lóp,sI-did) Lopsided meaning: Having one side lower, smaller or lighter than the other Turned or twisted toward one side Synonyms: askew, awry, cockeyed, wonky, skew-whiff Quotations: Maggie Stiefvater – You two are …

Adjective: askew Pronunciation:(u’skyoo) Askew meaning: Turned or twisted toward one side Synonyms: awry, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky Adverb: askew Pronunciation:(u’skyoo) Askew meaning: Turned or twisted to one side Synonyms: awry Quotations: Leo Tolstoy – In captivity, in …

Noun: xenophobe Pronunciation:(ze-nu-fowb or zee-nu-fowb) Xenophobe meaning: Someone who fears or hates foreigners Derived forms: xenophobes Quotations: Mark Steyn – Faced with public discontent about the statistic agenda, the Condescend look out the window at …

Adjective: xenophobic Pronunciation:  (,ze-nu’fow-bik or zee-nu’fow-bik) Xenophobic meaning: Suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign Quotations: Yuval Noah Harari – Evolution has made Homo sapiens, like other social mammals, …

Noun: dupery Pronunciation:  (d(y)oo-pu-ree) Dupery meaning: Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage Synonyms: on, spoof Derived forms: duperies Quotations: Thomas Jefferson – There exists indeed an opposition to it by …

Noun: hoax Pronunciation:  (howks) Hoax meaning: Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage Synonyms: on, spoof Verb: hoax Pronunciation:(howks) Hoax meaning: Subject to a playful hoax or joke Synonyms: pull someone’s …