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• act — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. See action, drama, conduct, affectation, representation, rule. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An action] Syn. action, deed, performance, exploit; see action 2 . 2. [An official or legal s …   English dictionary for students

• play-act — v. 1 intr. act in a play. 2 intr. behave affectedly or insincerely. 3 tr. act (a scene, part, etc.). Derivatives: play acting n. play actor n. * * * v pretend, put on, assume, feign, sham, counterfeit, fake, fabricate, simulate, bluff,… …   Useful english dictionary

• play-act — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To play the part of: act, do, enact, impersonate, perform, play, portray, represent. See ACTION, PERFORMING ARTS, SUBSTITUTE. 2. To behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of:… …   English dictionary for students

• actorly — actˈorish, actˈorly or (fem) actˈressy adjective Affectedly theatrical • • • Main Entry: ↑act …   Useful english dictionary

• pretend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. sham, feign, dissemble, simulate; counterfeit, lie, fake; claim, aver. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To feign] Syn. feign, affect, simulate, claim falsely, profess, make a pretense, imitate,… …   English dictionary for students

• pose — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. attitude, affectation; position, posture; aspect, figure. See form. v. sit; attitudinize, affect; propound; question, puzzle, quiz, inquire, nonplus. See difficulty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. artificial …   English dictionary for students

• feign — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. simulate, pretend, counterfeit, sham. See falsehood, affectation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. pretend, simulate, invent, fabricate; see invent 2 , pretend 1 . See Synonym Study at pretend . III (Roget… …   English dictionary for students

• simulate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. imitate, resemble, mimic; feign, counterfeit, pretend. See falsehood, imitation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. feign, pretend, counterfeit, dissemble, imitate, mimic, misrepresent, sham, fake, assume,… …   English dictionary for students

• Flirting — Flirt redirects here. For other uses, see Flirt (disambiguation). See also: Coquette Would you take offense if I had the gall to plant a kiss on this beautiful shoulder? You ll figure that out soon enough after the deed. Flirting (or coquetry) is …   Wikipedia

• Averroes — Alfred Ivry Abū’l Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Rushd (1126–98) needs to be known only as Averroes to be familiar to students of philosophy in the West. Greatly respected as a commentator on Aristotle’s writings, Averroes was also strongly… …   History of philosophy

• counterfeit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. false, sham, fake, forged, bogus, bastard, spurious, phony (inf.). n. forgery, fake, slug, sham, brummagem, dummy, pretense, phony (inf.). See deception, imitation, copy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …   English dictionary for students