Related Words for pretend

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sham
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Verb, Noun
affect
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Noun, Verb
act
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Verb, Verb
feign
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Verb, Verb
dissemble
x/x
Verb, Verb
play
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Verb, Verb, Noun
unreal
x/
Noun, Adjective
wanted
/x
Verb
assumed
x/
Verb
know
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Verb
supposed
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Verb
presume
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Verb
forget
x/
Verb
refuse
x/
Noun
insist
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Verb
ignore
x/
Verb
dared
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Verb
tell
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Verb
lets
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Verb
wanna
/x
Noun
convinced
x/
Adjective
argue
/x
Verb
like
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Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
believe
x/
Verb
admit
x/
Verb
just
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Adverb
bothered
/x
Verb
wish
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Noun
think
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Verb
should
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Verb, Noun
condescend
xx/
Verb
deny
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Verb
insinuate
x/xx
Verb
hide
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Noun
never
/x
Adverb
realize
/xx
Verb
actually
/xxx
Adverb
imitate
/xx
Verb
recognize
/xx
Verb
intend
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Verb
decided
x/x
Verb
simply
/x
Adverb
cannot
/x
Adjective
afraid
x/
Adjective
allowed
x/
Verb
accept
x/
Verb
excuse
x/
Noun
gotta
/x
Noun
remind
x/
Verb
trying
/x
Verb
must
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Verb, Noun
going
/x
Verb
talk
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Noun
prefer
x/
Verb
okay
x/
Adjective
impersonate
x/xx
Verb
criticize
/xx
Verb
fool
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Noun
seemed
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Verb
encourage
x/x
Verb
gonna
/x
Noun
expect
x/
Verb
delude
x/
Verb
swear
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Verb
complain
x/
Verb
guess
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Noun
speak
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Verb
tolerate
/xx
Verb
attempt
x/
Noun
hate
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Noun
remember
x/x
Verb
mean
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Noun
stop
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Noun
need
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Noun
persuaded
x/x
Verb
they
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Verb
understand
xx/
Verb
concede
x/
Verb
demonize
/xx
Verb
brag
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Noun
even
/x
Adverb
acknowledge
x/x
Verb
mimic
/x
Noun
learn
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Verb
wont
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Adjective
profess
x/
Verb
might
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Noun
despise
x/
Verb
confess
x/
Verb
continue
x/x
Verb
shush
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Noun
tend
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Verb
prove
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Verb
fake
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Noun
deceive
x/
Verb
nobody
/xx
Noun
contrive
x/
Verb
indulge
x/
Verb
sure
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Adjective
reassure
xx/
Verb
propose
x/
Verb
teach
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Verb
seek
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Verb
suck
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Noun
scoff
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Noun
obliged
x/
Verb
secretly
/xx
Adverb
could
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Verb, Noun
would
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Verb, Noun
denigrate
/xx
Verb
contend
x/
Verb
declare
x/
Verb
assert
x/
Verb
embarrass
x/x
Verb
ought
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Verb, Noun, Adverb
exaggerate
x/xx
Verb
claiming
/x
Verb
choose
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Verb
dismiss
x/
Verb
exist
x/
Verb
hoping
/x
Verb
invite
x/
Verb
listen
/x
Verb
befriend
x/
Verb
observe
x/
Verb
really
/x
Adverb
enjoy
x/
Verb
able
/x
Adjective
still
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Adverb
loathe
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Verb
proclaim
x/
Verb
wait
/
Verb
imagine
x/x
Verb
purport
/x
Noun
fake it
//
Phrase, Verb
allege
x/
Verb
make believe
/x/
Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun
put on
//
Phrase, Verb
belie
x/
Verb
set up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
pose
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Verb
postulate
/xx
Noun
make up
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Phrase, Verb, Noun
make
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Verb
presuppose
xx/
Verb
make like
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Phrase, Verb
represent
xx/
Verb
perform
x/
Verb
fabricate
/xx
Verb
play up
//
Phrase, Verb
invent
x/
Verb
stake a claim
/x/
Phrase, Verb
acclaim
x/
Noun
affirm
x/
Verb
dream up
//
Phrase, Verb
depose
x/
Verb
come
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Verb
mime
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Noun
protest
/x
Noun
infallibility
xxx/xx
Noun
omniscience
x/x
Noun
hypocrites
/xx
Noun
some
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Adverb
joint
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Adjective
disinterest
x/xx
Noun
effrontery
x/xx
Noun
abjure
//
Verb
impudence
x/x
Noun
abusive
x/x
Adjective
account
x/
Noun, Verb
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
appeared
x/
Verb
arguable
/xxx
Adjective
aspire
x/
Verb
bull
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
camouflage
/xx
Noun, Verb
crazy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
delusion
x/x
Noun
demonstrate
/xx
Verb
duplicitous
x/xx
Adjective
eligible
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
extroverted
/xxx
Adjective
false
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
fantasy
/xx
Noun, Verb
forge
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Verb, Noun
girl
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Noun, Verb
hateful
/x
Adjective
imaginary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
imagination
xxx/x
Noun
immoral
x/x
Adjective
lie
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Verb, Noun
mannerisms
/xxx
Noun
mouth
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Noun, Verb
play possum
//x
Phrase, Verb
preface
/x
Noun, Verb
qualify
/xx
Verb, Noun
real
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
ritualized
/xxx
Adjective
say
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Verb, Noun, Adverb
scripted
/x
Adjective
sexualized
/xxx
Adjective, Verb
simulate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
sociable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
spoof
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
suggest
x/
Verb
turn
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Verb, Noun
unsatisfying
x/xxx
Adjective
waffle
/x
Noun, Verb
your
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milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
get
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Verb, Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
literally
/xxx
Adverb
die
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Verb, Noun
sorta
/x
Adverb
save
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Verb, Noun