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Pansophical :: Pansophical (a.) All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders..

Countenance :: Countenance (v. t.) To make a show of; to pretend.

Sham :: Sham (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight..

Pretend :: Pretend (v. i.) To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep..

Sciolist :: Sciolist (n.) One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer.

Quack :: Quack (n.) A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.

Magic :: Magic (a.) A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc..

Pedant :: Pedant (n.) One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.

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

Sanctimony :: Sanctimony (n.) Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness..

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

Divinator :: Divinator (n.) One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner.

Pretend :: Pretend (v. i.) To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to..

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..

Hocuspocus :: Hocuspocus (n.) A term used by jugglers in pretended incantations.

Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..

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

Theurgist :: Theurgist (n.) One who pretends to, or is addicted to, theurgy..

Pretend :: Pretend (v. t.) To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.

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