Vocabulary : Presystolic to Pretender

Presystolic : Preceding the systole or contraction of the heart; as, the presystolic friction sound.
Pretemporal : Situated in front of the temporal bone.
Pretence : Alt. of Pretenceless ;; The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension. ;; The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Caesar's death. ;; That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint. ;; Intention; design.
Pretenceful : Alt. of Pretenceless
Pretenceless : See Pretense, Pretenseful, Pretenseless.

Pretend : To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim. ;; To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden. ;; To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship. ;; To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt. ;; To hold before one; to extend. ;; To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to. ;; To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep.
Pretendant : A pretender; a claimant.
Pretended : of Pretend ;; Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend.
Pretendence : The act of pretending; pretense.
Pretender : One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant. ;; The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law. ;; One who pretends, simulates, or feigns.

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