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Pretence
- noun - a false or unsupportable quality
- an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
- imaginative intellectual play
- pretending with intention to deceive
- the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
Pretends
- noun - behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
- 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"
Pretense
- noun - a false or unsupportable quality
- an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
- imaginative intellectual play
- pretending with intention to deceive
- the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
Preterit
- noun - a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
Pretexts
- 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
Pretoria
- noun - city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa
- the tent of an ancient Roman general
Pretrial
- noun - (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases
Prettier
- adjective - (used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"
- more attractive
- pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"
Prettify
- verb - make more beautiful
Prettily
- adverb - in a pretty manner; "all this is most prettily done"