W: (v) pretend [Related to: pretender] (behave unnaturally or affectedly) "She's just acting"
W: (v) pretend [Related to: pretender] (make believe with the intent to deceive) "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
W: (adj) fake [Related to: fake] (fraudulent; having a misleading appearance)
W: (v) fake [Related to: fake, faker] (tamper, with the purpose of deception) "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
W: (v) fake [Related to: fake] (make a copy of with the intent to deceive) "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
W: (v) fake [Related to: faker] (speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths) "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"
W: (adj) sham [Related to: sham] (adopted in order to deceive) "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
W: (v) sham [Related to: sham, shammer] (make a pretence of) "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
W: (v) sham [Related to: shammer] (make believe with the intent to deceive) "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"