masquerade

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1. masquerade - Noun

2. masquerade - Verb

Meaning

An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4.

Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.

A Spanish diversion on horseback.

To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.

To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.

To conceal with masks; to disguise.

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a beggar's masquerade of wealth Source: Internet

he is masquerading as an expert on the internet Source: Internet

This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty Source: Internet

Criminal mastermind Alec Guinness rents a room in a sweet old lady’s house (a scene-stealing Katie Johnson) while he and his gang masquerade as musicians, plotting and executing a daring robbery. Source: Internet

But if you allow all and sundry to masquerade as journalists, your profession will perish and you will have yourselves to blame”, ECL, POTROZ and CICOTAFS. Source: Internet

At a masquerade ball hosted by Shreck, Bruce and Selina deduce each other's secret identities. Source: Internet

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