Temporarily assuming the duties of another

• temporary

  1. Lasting, used, serving, or enjoyed for a limited time.
  2. One that serves for a limited time:

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  1. Lasting, used, serving, or enjoyed for a limited time.
  2. One that serves for a limited time:

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• provisional

  1. Provided or serving only for the time being.
  2. Of or relating to any of the extremist factions of the Irish Republican Army established in 1970.
  3. A person hired temporarily for a job, typically before having taken an examination qualifying the person for permanent employment:

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  1. Provided or serving only for the time being.
  2. Of or relating to any of the extremist factions of the Irish Republican Army established in 1970.
  3. A person hired temporarily for a job, typically before having taken an examination qualifying the person for permanent employment:

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• pro tem

  1. Pro tempore.

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  1. Pro tempore.

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• interim

  1. An interval of time between one event, process, or period and another.
  2. Belonging to, serving during, or taking place during an intermediate interval of time; temporary:

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  1. An interval of time between one event, process, or period and another.
  2. Belonging to, serving during, or taking place during an intermediate interval of time; temporary:

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• ad interim

  1. During or taking place during an intermediate interval of time; temporary:

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  1. During or taking place during an intermediate interval of time; temporary:

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The art and occupation of an actor

• stage

  1. A raised and level floor or platform.
  2. A raised platform on which theatrical performances are presented.
  3. An area in which actors perform.

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  1. A raised and level floor or platform.
  2. A raised platform on which theatrical performances are presented.
  3. An area in which actors perform.

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• dramatics

  1. The art or practice of acting and stagecraft.
  2. Dramatic or stagy behavior:

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  1. The art or practice of acting and stagecraft.
  2. Dramatic or stagy behavior:

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A display of insincere behavior

• simulation

  1. The act or process of simulating.
  2. An imitation; a sham.
  3. Assumption of a false appearance.

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  1. The act or process of simulating.
  2. An imitation; a sham.
  3. Assumption of a false appearance.

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• show

  1. To cause or allow to be seen; display:
  2. To display for sale, in exhibition, or in competition:
  3. To permit access to (a house, for example) when offering for sale or rent.

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  1. To cause or allow to be seen; display:
  2. To display for sale, in exhibition, or in competition:
  3. To permit access to (a house, for example) when offering for sale or rent.

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• sham

  1. Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine:
  2. Deceitfulness or pretense:
  3. One who claims to be what he or she is not; an impostor or fraud:

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  1. Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine:
  2. Deceitfulness or pretense:
  3. One who claims to be what he or she is not; an impostor or fraud:

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• pretense

  1. A false appearance or action intended to deceive:
  2. A professed but feigned reason or excuse; a pretext:
  3. Something imagined or pretended:

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  1. A false appearance or action intended to deceive:
  2. A professed but feigned reason or excuse; a pretext:
  3. Something imagined or pretended:

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• masquerade

  1. A costume party at which masks are worn; a masked ball.
  2. A costume for such a party or ball.
  3. A disguise or false outward show; a pretense:

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  1. A costume party at which masks are worn; a masked ball.
  2. A costume for such a party or ball.
  3. A disguise or false outward show; a pretense:

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• dissemblance

  1. (countable) An act of dissembling.
  2. (uncountable) Dissembling, as a kind of behavior; dissembling, generally.
  3. (countable) Dissimilarity, unlikeness.

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  1. (countable) An act of dissembling.
  2. (uncountable) Dissembling, as a kind of behavior; dissembling, generally.
  3. (countable) Dissimilarity, unlikeness.

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• disguise

  1. To modify the manner or appearance of (a person, for example) in order to prevent recognition:
  2. To make indistinct or difficult to perceive:
  3. To conceal or obscure by dissemblance or false show; misrepresent:

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  1. To modify the manner or appearance of (a person, for example) in order to prevent recognition:
  2. To make indistinct or difficult to perceive:
  3. To conceal or obscure by dissemblance or false show; misrepresent:

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• act

  1. The process of doing or performing something:
  2. Something done or performed; a deed:
  3. Something done that has legal significance:

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  1. The process of doing or performing something:
  2. Something done or performed; a deed:
  3. Something done that has legal significance:

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