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Catharist :: Catharist (n.) One aiming at or pretending to a greater purity of like than others about him; -- applied to persons of various sects. See Albigenses.

Theologaster :: Theologaster (n.) A pretender or quack in theology.

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

Cultrivorous :: Cultrivorous (a.) Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives; -- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, knives with impunity..

Connive :: Connive (v. t.) To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see.

Pretender :: Pretender (n.) The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law..

Quidnunc :: Quidnunc (n.) One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows, or pretends to know, all that is going on..

Pretend :: Pretend (v. t.) To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship..

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..

Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop..

Icon :: Icon (n.) An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.

Wiseling :: Wiseling (n.) One who pretends to be wise; a wiseacre; a witling.

Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.

Assumer :: Assumer (n.) One who assumes, arrogates, pretends, or supposes..

Pretendant :: Pretendant (n.) A pretender; a claimant.

Assume :: Assume (v. t.) To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.

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

Pretended :: Pretended (a.) Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend..

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..

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

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