Chapter Prefigure to Preternatural of P by Soule's Synonymes

3. Assumption, claim to notice.

4. Pretension, claim.

Pretend, v. a.

1. Feign, affect, simulate, counterfeit, sham.

2. Lay claim to, claim, allege a title to.

Pretend, v. n.

1. Make believe, make a show, profess, feign, sham.

2. Strive after, lay claim to.

Pretension, n. Claim.

Pretentious, a. [Recent.] Assuming, presuming, conceited, vain, priggish.

Pretentiousness, n. Assumption, conceit, false assumption, over-assertion.

Preternatural, a. Irregular (as being aside from the ordinary course of nature, but not necessarily supernatural or miraculous), abnormal, anomalous, unnatural, inexplicable, strange, extraordinary.