| verb | have an effect upon “Will the new rules affect me?” |
| verb | act physically on; have an effect upon “the medicine affects my heart rate” |
| verb | connect closely and often incriminatingly “This new ruling affects your business” |
| verb | make believe with the intent to deceive “He feigned that he was ill” |
| verb | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon “This child impressed me as unusually mature” |
| adjective | arousing affect “the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene” |
| impact | noun | a forceful consequence; a strong effect |
| involvement | noun | a connection of inclusion or containment |
| regard | noun | (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point |
| feigning | noun | pretending with intention to deceive |
| sham | noun | something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be |
| shammer | noun | someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity |
| pretender | noun | a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
| pretense | noun | pretending with intention to deceive |
| pretending | noun | the act of giving a false appearance |
| dissembler | noun | a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives |
| dissembling | noun | pretending with intention to deceive |
| affective | adjective | characterized by emotion |
| affect | noun | the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion |
| impressible | adjective | easily impressed or influenced |
| impressive | adjective | producing a strong effect |
| poignancy | noun | a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) |