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 that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
          [syn: {fake}, {postiche}]
     2: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: {imposter}, {impostor},
         {pretender}, {fake}, {faker}, {fraud}, {shammer}, {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 with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he
        was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: {feign}, {pretend},
         {affect}, {dissemble}]
     [also: {shamming}, {shammed}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0