[ noun ]
■ a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
→
affectation
,
affectedness
,
mannerism
[ noun ]
■ affected manners intended to impress others
→
airs
[ noun ]
■ a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
[ verb ]
■ be a mystery or bewildering to
→
amaze
,
baffle
,
beat
,
bewilder
,
dumbfound
,
flummox
,
get
,
gravel
,
mystify
,
nonplus
,
perplex
,
puzzle
,
stick
,
stupefy
,
vex
[ verb ]
■ pretend to be someone you are not
■ sometimes with fraudulent intentions
e.g.)
・She posed as the Czar's daughter
→
impersonate
,
personate
[ verb ]
■ put into a certain place or abstract location
→
lay
,
place
,
position
,
put
,
set
[ verb ]
■ assume a posture as for artistic purposes
e.g.)
・We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often
→
model
,
posture
,
sit
[ verb ]
■ behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
→
posture
[ verb ]
■ introduce
e.g.)
・This poses an interesting question
→
present
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