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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| sham | / | Verb |
| affect | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| act | / | Verb, Verb |
| feign | / | Verb, Verb |
| dissemble | x/x | Verb, Verb |
| play | / | Verb, Verb |
| unreal | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| pretenses | x/x | Noun |
| pretences | x/x | Noun |
| faking | /x | Verb |
| false pretenses | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| imposture | x/x | Noun |
| phoney | /x | Noun |
| deceives | x/ | Verb |
| pretensions | x/x | Noun |
| imitates | /xx | Verb |
| pretender | x/x | Noun |
| impersonate | x/xx | Verb |
| fictitious | x/x | Adjective |
| disguises | x/x | Verb |
| masquerading | xx/x | Verb |
| dissimulation | xxx/x | Noun |
| appearances | x/xx | Noun |
| simulates | /xx | Verb |
| imposter | x/x | Noun |
| bluffing | /x | Verb |
| fooling | /x | Verb |
| manipulates | x/xx | Verb |
| make believe | /x/ | Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| deceptions | x/x | Noun |
| imitation | xx/x | Noun |
| purports | /x | Verb |
| impostor | x/x | Noun |
| phony | /x | Noun |
| mimics | /x | Noun |
| play along | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| inauthentic | xx/x | Adjective |
| illusion | x/x | Noun |
| lie to | // | Phrase, Verb |
| imagines | x/x | Verb |
| portrays | x/ | Verb |
| falsity | /xx | Noun |
| pseudonym | /xx | Noun |
| ignores | x/ | Verb |
| tricks | / | Noun |
| falsely | /x | Adverb |
| practises | /xx | Noun |
| subterfuge | /xx | Noun |
| pass for | // | Phrase, Verb |
| appears | x/ | Verb |
| falsifying | /xxx | Verb |
| kitsch | / | Noun |
| faint | / | Adjective |
| dungeons | /x | Noun |
| insensibility | x/x/xx | Noun |
| hypocrite | /xx | Noun |
| procedure | x/x | Verb |
| falstaff | /x | Name |
| odysseus | x/xx | Name |
| edgar | /x | Name |
| attacker | x/x | Noun |
| father | /x | Verb |
| shrewdly | /x | Adverb |
| actuated | /xxx | Verb |
| hides | / | Verb |
| narrator | /xx | Noun |
| conceals | x/ | Verb |
| completeness | x/x | Noun |
| socrates | /xx | Name |
| objectivity | xx/xx | Noun |
| swift | / | Noun |
| magician | x/x | Noun |
| indifference | x/xx | Noun |
| censure | /x | Noun |
| scorn | / | Verb |
| performer | x/x | Noun |
| nobody | /xx | Noun |
| ignorance | /xx | Noun |
| hamlet | /x | Noun |
| monologue | /xx | Noun |
| madness | /x | Noun |
| delicacy | /xxx | Noun |
| universality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| playfully | /xx | Adverb |
| originality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| despise | x/ | Verb |
| innocence | /xx | Noun |
| actor | /x | Noun |
| misunderstand | xxx/ | Verb |
| one | / | Noun |
| steals | / | Verb |
| seizes | /x | Verb |
| mistake | x/ | Verb |
| shuts | / | Verb |
| everybody | /xxx | Noun |
| acquiesce | xx/ | Verb |
| realism | /xx | Noun |
| outwardly | /xx | Adverb |
| notice | /x | Verb |
| thief | / | Noun |
| picks | / | Verb |
| scold | / | Verb |
| speaker | /x | Noun |
| critic | /x | Noun |
| jumps | / | Verb |
| gratify | /xx | Verb |
| persuades | x/ | Verb |
| laughs | / | Verb |
| pig | / | Noun |
| friendship | /x | Noun |
| author | /x | Noun |
| everyone | /xx | Noun |
| burke | / | Name |
| rabbit | /x | Noun |
| bestow | x/ | Verb |
| rushes | /x | Verb |
| sect | / | Noun |
| poet | /x | Noun |
| fox | / | Noun |
| grabs | / | Verb |
| writer | /x | Noun |
| fiction | /x | Noun |
| outraged | /x | Verb |
| sits | / | Verb |
| smiles | / | Verb |
| pope | / | Noun |
| cure | / | Verb |
| philosophy | x/xx | Noun |
| discourse | /x | Noun |
| chew | / | Verb |
| gentleman | /xx | Noun |
| ego | /x | Noun |
| ideology | xx/xx | Noun |
| talks | / | Noun |
| dislike | x/ | Verb |
| puts | / | Verb |
| admire | x/ | Verb |
| base | / | Verb |
| richard | /x | Name |
| science | /x | Noun |
| wears | / | Verb |
| player | /x | Noun |
| hero | /x | Noun |
| fellow | /x | Noun |
| bite | / | Verb |
| leans | / | Verb |
| admits | x/ | Verb |
| advanced | x/ | Adjective |
| alleges | x/x | Verb |
| argues | /x | Verb |
| aristotle | /xxx | Name |
| arnold | /x | Name |
| assumes | x/ | Verb |
| augustine | /xx | Name |
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| behaves | x/ | Verb |
| blake | / | Name, Adjective |
| bo | / | Noun, Verb |
| cicero | /xx | Name |
| circus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| claims | / | Noun, Verb |
| contends | x/ | Verb |
| contributes | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| corresponds | xx/ | Verb |
| dare | / | Verb, Noun |
| differs | /x | Verb |
| diminishes | x/xx | Verb |
| dividing | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| emerson | /xx | Name |
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| professes | x/x | Verb |
| submits | x/ | Verb |
| suffers | /x | Verb, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| turns | / | Verb, Noun |
