GRE vocabulary
Imposture
An instance of pretending to be someone else in order to deceive others.
Example
"The detective quickly uncovered the imposture of the supposed art expert."
Etymology
From French 'imposture' from Latin 'impositura' meaning 'a trick, deception,' from 'imponere' meaning 'to impose upon, deceive.'
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