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compretend

When someone seems to be comprehending directions or instructions but it turns out that they are just pretending.
My boss just explained the project to me and I nodded like I understood, but I was just compretending.
compretend by CaptainRong1 December 23, 2013
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Compretence 

Pretending to have competence in an area, usually in a professional setting, where one's ability to pretend to know a subject may go further than actual knowledge. Think Dilbert + competence + pretense
Jesper's compretence led him to rise quickly in the company.

- Was Sarah's experience a match for the new project?
- No, but she had enough compretence that management didn't see through her bullshit.
Compretence by Erolinthesky February 22, 2017

Compretended 

When you pretend to understand what someone said, however you did not understand a thing they said.

Source hotweather and krum
I compretended what she said so she would leave me alone.
Compretended by THEnuthouse June 13, 2018