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NOUN:	1. A deceptive outward appearance: cloak, color, coloring, cover, disguise, disguisement, façade, face, false colors, gloss, guise, mask, masquerade, pretense, pretext, semblance, show, veil, veneer, window-dressing. Slang : put-on. See SHOW. 2. The forward outer surface of a building: façade, face, frontage, frontal. Architecture : frontispiece. See PRECEDE. 3. The part of someone or something facing the viewer: fore, forepart. See PRECEDE.
VERB:	1. To meet face-to-face, especially defiantly: accost, confront, encounter, face. See MEET. 2. To confront boldly and courageously: beard, brave, challenge, dare, defy, face. Idioms: fly in the face of, snap one's fingers at, stand up to, thumb one's nose at. See RESIST. 3. To have the face or front turned in a specific direction: face, look (on or upon). See PRECEDE.


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