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Word: masquerade
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Meaning:
Noun:
- Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.
- A party or assembly of people wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
- A Spanish diversion on horseback.
- obsolete A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See ?mask?
Source: Wiktionary
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Verb:
- intransitive To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.
- intransitive To frolic or disport in disguise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
- transitive To conceal with masks; to disguise.
Source: Wiktionary
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