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Answer: artiness


Clue Length Answer
Pretension4 lettersside
  1. Definition: 1. a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"

Pretension4 lettersveil
  1. Definition: 1. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"

Pretension4 lettersshow
  1. Definition: 1. establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

Pretension4 lettersairs
  1. Definition: 1. a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance"

Pretension5 lettersright
  1. Definition: 1. an interjection expressing agreement

Pretension5 letterstrick
  1. Definition: 1. in heraldry, a sketch of a coat of arms in outline.

Pretension5 letterstitle
  1. Definition: 1. an informal right to something;

Pretension6 lettersscreen
  1. Definition: 1. test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus"

Pretension6 lettersexcuse
  1. Definition: 1. a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"

Pretension6 lettersrefuge
  1. Definition: 1. a shelter from danger or hardship

Pretension7 lettersvarnish
  1. Definition: 1. cover with varnish

Pretension7 letterspretext
  1. Definition: 1. an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

Pretension7 lettersseeming
  1. Definition: 1. give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect;

Pretension8 lettersartiness
  1. Definition: 1. affected, showy

Pretension8 letterspretence
  1. Definition: 1. the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"

Pretension8 letterspretense
  1. Definition: 1. the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"

Pretension8 letterssnobbery

    Pretension8 lettersrhetoric
    1. Definition: 1. loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric"

    Pretension9 letterssemblance

      Pretension9 lettersstratagem
      1. Definition: 1. a maneuver in a game or conversation

      Pretension9 lettersassertion
      1. Definition: 1. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

      Pretension10 letterssimulation
      1. Definition: 1. the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"

      Pretension10 letterssimulacrum

        Pretension10 letterssubterfuge
        1. Definition: 1. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"

        Pretension11 lettersprerogative
        1. Definition: 1. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"

        Pretension12 lettersprescription

          Pretension12 lettersprotestation
          1. Definition: 1. a strong declaration of protest

          Pretension12 letterspublic-image

            Pretension12 letterssmoke-screen

              Pretension12 lettersspeciousness

                Pretension14 lettersrepresentation
                1. Definition: 1. a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract; "the sales contract contains several representations by the vendor"

                Pretension14 letterssensationalism

                  Pretension14 lettersstalking-horse

                    Pretension15 lettersvested-interest

                      Pretension15 letterswindow-dressing


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