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Pretend
- adjective - behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
- imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"
- make believe with the intent to deceive;
- put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
- state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
- the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend"
Preter-
- - A prefix signifying past, by, beyond, more than; as, preter- mission, a permitting to go by; preternatural, beyond or more than is natural.
PRETERM
- unknown - Born prematurely
Pretext
- noun - an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
- something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
Pretors
- noun - an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
Pretzel
- noun - glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot
Prithee
- - A corruption of pray thee; as, I prithee; generally used without I.
Protean
- adjective - taking on different forms; "eyes...of that baffling protean grey which is never twice the same"
Proteas
- noun - any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones
Protect
- verb - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"
- use tariffs to favor domestic industry