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illusive collapse: based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy"

carefulness collapse: the quality of being careful and painstaking; "I admired the carefulness of his work"

reverence collapse: a reverent mental attitude; regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"

chimerical collapse: produced by a wildly fanciful imagination; "his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush

glossy collapse: a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper; (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers; "calendered paper"; "a dress of glossy sateen"; having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"

calculating collapse: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"

furtive collapse: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"

simulated collapse: reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character; "under simulated combat conditions"

pious collapse: having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings"

unscrupulous collapse: without scruples or principles; "unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power"

crooked collapse: having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"; not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

stumble collapse: make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"; miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"; walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"; encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

outwit collapse: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

bugbear collapse: an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson

specious collapse: plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"

ostensible collapse: represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"

dud collapse: failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; "he stepped on a dud mine"

face collapse: a vertical surface of a building or cliff; the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); "he dealt the cards face down"; the striking or working surface of an implement; the general outward appearance of something; "the face of the city is changing"; status in the eyes of others; "he lost face"; the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"; the part of an animal corresponding to the human face; a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces"; cover the front or surface of; "The building was faced with beautiful stones"; line the edge (of a garment) with a different material; "face the lapels of the jacket"; turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction; "Turn and face your partner now"; turn so as to expose the face; "face a playing card"; be opposite; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other"

ensign collapse: colors flown by a ship to show its nationality; a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade

self-deception collapse: a misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it

chimera collapse: a grotesque product of the imagination; (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

perversion collapse: the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice"; an aberrant sexual practice that is preferred to normal intercourse; a curve that reverses the direction of something; "the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"; "perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords"

hypocritical collapse: professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise"

self-determination collapse: determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion

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