Question

i like meeting people. i very often feign that i don’t like it, but if i’m completely honest, it lets me meet people, another human. source: new york times in the sentence above, feign has the same or almost the same meaning as: forget complain believe pretend

Explanation:

"Feign" means to pretend to have a particular feeling or characteristic. In the context of the sentence, the person pretends not to like meeting people. "Pretend" has the closest meaning among the options.

Answer:

D. pretend