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Masquerade

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

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Costume 76% connected

Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.

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Disguise 76% connected

To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive.

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Feigning 76% connected

of Feign

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Impersonate 76% connected

To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.

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Mask 76% connected

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

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Party 76% connected

A part or portion.

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Personate 76% connected

To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Pretence 76% connected

Alt. of Pretenceless

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Pretending 76% connected

of Pretend

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Pretense 76% connected

Alt. of Pretence

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Simulation 76% connected

The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what…

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Derivationally related 6

Charade 74% connected

A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Charade 74% connected

A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mask 74% connected

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

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Mask 74% connected

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

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Masque 74% connected

A mask; a masquerade.

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Masque 74% connected

A mask; a masquerade.

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Component part 1

Domino 70% connected

A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice.

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Synonym 3

Charade 92% connected

A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mask 92% connected

A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Masque 92% connected

A mask; a masquerade.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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