Answer:

pretense

Answer	Crossword Clue
PRETENSE	Outward appearance
PRETENSE	Act
PRETENSE	Make-believe

PRETENSE	Charade
PRETENSE	False appearance
PRETENSE	False show
PRETENSE	Front
PRETENSE	Sham
PRETENSE	False act
PRETENSE	False front
PRETENSE	False profession

PRETENSE	False claim
PRETENSE	Masquerade
PRETENSE	Sham.
PRETENSE	Subterfuge.
PRETENSE	Affectation.
PRETENSE	Unwarranted assumption.
PRETENSE	Acting.
PRETENSE	False show.

PRETENSE	Excuse.
PRETENSE	Something done for show.
PRETENSE	False claim.
PRETENSE	Make-believe.
PRETENSE	Mere display.
PRETENSE	False show of something.
PRETENSE	Simulation.
PRETENSE	False appearance.

PRETENSE	Travesty.
PRETENSE	Fakery
PRETENSE	False display
PRETENSE	It's only make-believe
PRETENSE	Affectation
PRETENSE	Dissimulation
PRETENSE	Artifice
PRETENSE	Cover

PRETENSE	Facade
PRETENSE	Mask
PRETENSE	Guise
PRETENSE	Misrepresentation
PRETENSE	Lip service

Crossword

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