Bluff
Bluff verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Usage example: I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau
Disabuse
Disabuse verb - To free from mistaken beliefs or foolish hopes.
Usage example: let me disabuse you of your foolish notions about married life
Nearby Word: disabusing
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