Pose

verb

poʊz

Noun

a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
Similar:AffectationAffectednessMannerism
Type of:PretendingSimulationFeigning
affected manners intended to impress others
Similar:Airs
Type of:Affectedness
a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
Type of:AttitudePosture Position

introduce
“This poses an interesting question”
Similar:Present
Type of:ConstituteRepresentBe
assume a posture as for artistic purposes
“We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often”
Similar:Model Posture Sit
Type of:DisplayExhibitExpose
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
“She posed as the Czar's daughter”
Similar:ImpersonatePersonate
Type of:DeceiveBetray
be a mystery or bewildering to
Similar:AmazeBaffle BeatBewilderDumbfound
Type of:ConfuseBefuddleThrow
put into a certain place or abstract location
Similar:Lay Place Position Put Set
Type of:DisplaceMove
behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
Similar:Posture
Type of:ConductComportDeport