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Quiz :: Quiz (v. t.) To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions..

Witling :: Witling (n.) A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.

Pretence :: Pretence (n.) That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint..

Philosophist :: Philosophist (n.) A pretender in philosophy.

Simular :: Simular (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender..

Backare :: Backare (interj.) Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess..

Assentation :: Assentation (n.) Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence..

Malingerer :: Malingerer (n.) In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability..

Impostor :: Impostor (n.) One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender..

Affecter :: Affecter (n.) One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after..

Philosophaster :: Philosophaster (n.) A pretender to philosophy.

Pretendership :: Pretendership (n.) The character, right, or claim of a pretender..

Reformalize :: Reformalize (v. i.) To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.

Cabala :: Cabala (n.) A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means..

Affected :: Affected (p. p. & a.) Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.

Empiric :: Empiric (n.) One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan..

Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.

Strokesman :: Stroker (n.) One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking..

Soi-disant :: Soi-disant (a.) Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.

Homely :: Homely (n.) Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners..

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