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John Doe collapse: an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedings; a hypothetical average man

dramatics collapse: participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity

disingenuous collapse: not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse"

fraud collapse: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage; intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

phenomenon collapse: any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning; a remarkable development

coloring collapse: the act or process of changing the color of something; a digestible substance used to give color to food; "food color made from vegetable dyes"

pseudo collapse: (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of; "a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic"

bamboozle collapse: conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"

parsimony collapse: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

kite collapse: any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals; plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string; a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float; a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value; fly a kite; "Kids were kiting in the park"; "They kited the Red Dragon model"; soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains"; get credit or money by using a bad check; "The businessman kited millions of dollars"; increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently; "He kited many checks"

divinity collapse: the quality of being divine; "ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs"; white creamy fudge made with egg whites

impersonate collapse: represent another person with comic intentions; assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

misinterpretation collapse: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

Machiavellian collapse: a follower of Machiavelli's principles; of or relating to Machiavelli or the principles of conduct he recommended; "Machiavellian thinking"

pose collapse: a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes; pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"; behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself"

error collapse: (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed; departure from what is ethically acceptable; a misconception resulting from incorrect information; part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors"; (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

outward collapse: relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections"; toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"

casuistry collapse: moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas; argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading

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