[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so:to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.Synonyms: counterfeit , sham , fake , simulate", "to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign:to pretend to go to sleep.", "to make believe:The children pretended to be cowboys.", "to presume; venture:I can't pretend to say what went wrong.", "to allege or profess, especially insincerely or falsely:He pretended to have no knowledge of her whereabouts."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to make believe.", "to lay claim to (usually followed byto):She pretended to the throne.", "to make pretensions (usually followed byto):He pretends to great knowledge.", "Obsolete.to aspire, as a suitor or candidate (followed byto)."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["Informal.make-believe; simulated; counterfeit:pretend diamonds."]}]