Cases of word usage

1) not natural or genuine often in order to make oneself seem superior (affected)

2) to cause (a person, achievement etc) to seem unimportant or of small value (belittle)

3) an instrument with lenses for both eyes, making distant objects seem nearer (binoculars)

4) to make (something) seem larger, better, worse etc than if really is (exaggerate)

5) marking (bad behaviour) seem less serious (by providing an excuse) (extenuating)

6) to cause (a person, event etc) to seem less important or obvious (overshadow)

7) (an instance of) making a process, an explanation etc seem too easy (over-simplification)

8) to make (a process, explanation etc) seem too easy (over-simplify)

9) the general meaning or intention of something said or written; to seem to mean (something); to claim (something) (purport)

10) (to cause an event, account) to seem more romantic than it was (romanticize)