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   masquerade

   /ˌmɑːskəˈreɪd/

   noun

   • 1. a false show or pretence: "I doubt he could have kept up the masquerade for long" Similar pretencedeceptionposeactfrontfacadedisguisedissimulationcover-upbluffsubterfugeplay-actingmake-believeinformal:put-on
   • ▪ the wearing of disguise: "dressing up, role playing, and masquerade"
   • ▪ a masked ball. Similar masked ballmasquefancy-dress party

   verb

   • 1. pretend to be someone one is not: "a journalist masquerading as a man in distress"
   • ▪ be disguised or passed off as something else: "idle gossip that masquerades as news"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French mascarade, from Italian mascherata, from maschera ‘mask’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. masquerader noun

   Scrabble Points: 22

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