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KEY: Pretence.
SYN: Excuse, pretext, fabrication, simulation, cloak, mask, color, show, garb, plea, assumption, make believe, outside show, pretension.
ANT: Verity, reality, truth, simplicity, candor, guilelessness, openness, veritableness, actuality, fact.
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KEY: Pretend.
SYN: Feign, similate, offer, allege, exhibit, propound, affect, profess.
ANT: Verify, unmask, detect, test, substantiate, refute.
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KEY: Pretention.