sham
adj : adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed
cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive
sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish
voice"; "sham modesty" [syn: {assumed}, {false}, {fictitious},
{fictive}, {pretended}, {put on}]
n 1: something false; not what it seems to be [syn: {fake}, {postiche}]
2: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: {imposter}, {impostor},
{pretender}, {fake}, {faker}, {fraud}, {pseudo}, {pseud},
{role player}]
v 1: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though
she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn: {simulate},
{assume}, {feign}]
2: make believe; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a
headache" [syn: {feign}, {pretend}, {affect}, {dissemble}]