Synonyms for Pose (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (affected manners intended to impress others):
airs
WordNet sense 2 (introduce):
present
WordNet sense 3 (behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others):
posture
WordNet sense 4 (assume a posture as for artistic purposes):
model, sit
WordNet sense 5 (put into a certain place or abstract location):
lay, place, position, put, set
WordNet sense 6 (pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions):
impersonate, personate
WordNet sense 7 (a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display):
affectation, mannerism, affectedness
WordNet sense 8 (be a mystery or bewildering to):
amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
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