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  • 51pretend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. sham, feign, dissemble, simulate; counterfeit, lie, fake; claim, aver. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To feign] Syn. feign, affect, simulate, claim falsely, profess, make a pretense, imitate,… …

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  • 52affect — I v 1. influence, sway, act on, play on, work on, impress upon, impact upon, effect; change, alter, modify, transform; concern, interest, be of interest to, be of importance to, apply to, relate to, pertain to. 2. touch, stir, move, soften, melt …

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  • 53feign — v 1. affect, simulate, fake, sham, give the appearance of; adopt, assume, take on, put on, pretend to be [s.t.] one is not; impersonate, personate, pose as, pretend to be [s.o.], pass oneself off as, sail under false colors, (all deceptively)… …

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  • 54Charles de Gaulle — This article is about the French statesman. For other uses, see Charles de Gaulle (disambiguation). Charles De Gaulle President of the French Republic Co Prince of Andorra In office 8 January 195 …

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  • 55flaunt — v 1. parade, display, Inf. sport, exhibit, air, hold up, flash; put forth or forward, emphasize, spotlight, draw attention to, show off; splash, make a splash, splurge, make a splurge; make a show, cut or make a figure, Sl. cut a dash, Sl. cut a… …

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  • 56perk — I v 1. be jaunty, be lively, Chiefly U.S. Inf. be chipper, act alive, Inf. be peppy or full of pep. 2.Usu. perk up cheer up, liven up, Inf. pep up, show signs of life, brighten up; take heart or courage, Inf. buck up, U.S. Inf. chirk; recover,… …

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  • 57air — /ɛə / (say air) noun 1. a mixture of oxygen, nitrogen and other gases, which surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere. 2. the body of air immediately surrounding the earth, especially as regarded as the medium for the operation of aircraft or …

  • 58pretend — [v1] fake, falsify act, affect, allege, assume, be deceitful, beguile, be hypocritical, bluff, cheat, claim, claim falsely, counterfeit, cozen, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, dupe, fake out*, feign, fish*, fool, fudge*, hoodwink*,… …

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  • 59try — /truy/, v., tried, trying, n., pl. tries. v.t. 1. to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it s simple. 2. to test the effect or result of (often fol. by out): to try a new method; to try a recipe out. 3. to endeavor to evaluate by… …

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  • 60counterfeit — Synonyms and related words: act, act a part, act like, affect, affected, agent, alike, alternate, alternative, analogy, ape, aped, apocryphal, appear like, approach, approximate, artificial, assume, assumed, backup, bad check, bad money, base… …

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