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as in pretends
to present a false appearance of
he dissembled happiness at the news that his old girlfriend was getting married—to someone else
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as in dissimulates
to take on a false or deceptive appearance
children learn to dissemble at a surprisingly early age
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“Dissembles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissembles. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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