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| NOUN: | 1. A deceptive outward appearance: cloak, color, coloring, cover, disguise, disguisement, façade, face, false colors, front, guise, mask, masquerade, pretense, pretext, semblance, show, veil, veneer, window-dressing. Slang : put-on. See SHOW. 2. A radiant brightness or glow, usually due to light reflected from a smooth surface: burnish, glaze, luster, polish, sheen, shine, sleekness. See LIGHT. | | VERB: | 1. To give a deceptively attractive appearance to. Also used with over: color, gild, gloze (over), sugarcoat, varnish, veneer, whitewash. Idioms: paper over, put a good face on. See TRUE. 2. To give a gleaming luster to, usually through friction: buff1, burnish, furbish, glaze, polish, shine, sleek. See LIGHT. | | PHRASAL VERB: | gloss over To conceal or make light of a fault or offense: explain away, extenuate, gloze (over), palliate, sleek over, whitewash. See SHOW.
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