Entry Word: feign

Function: verb

Meaning: to present a false appearance of <I would never feign illness just to get out of a test>

Synonyms affect, assume, counterfeit, fake, pretend, profess, put on, sham, simulate

Related Words act, dissemble, impersonate, masquerade; forge, imitate; camouflage, conceal, disguise, mask; bluff, feint; malinger