Mario feigned surprise when I walked into the party even though he knew I'd be there.
malingered ??
He feigned ignorance. Meaning, he pretended not to know.
The definition od the word "feigned" is "To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual". Synonyms are "affect, assume, dissemble, pretend, sham, simulate".
feigned
The child feigned illness because he did not want to go to school. (This was answered first by Bev C - but a number came up)
he means that death will part them
The student feigned sickness in order to get out of taking a test."
Their closeness was not feigned. She felt a closeness to him that she had never felt before.
faked, deluded, fooled, personified, feigned, simulated....and a bunch more.
"The student feigned sickness in order to get out of taking a test."
forced, feigned, pretended, fake, manufactured, put-on, phony, unnatural, overdone, elaborate