gloss

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n

1. shine, polish, luster, sheen, brightness, glitter, shimmer, glow, luminousness; glaze, varnish, veneer, lacquer, enamel, japan.

2. front, facade, camouflage, mask, disguise; pretense, masquerade, deceptive show, show, surface, semblance, false appearance; speciousness, brummagem, sham, tinsel; imitation, paste, ersatz, Inf. hokum, scagliola.

v

3. polish, glaze, shine, give a shine to, varnish, lacquer, enamel, japan, gloze.

4. mask, veil, disguise; smooth over, cover up, slick over; color, falsify, alter, doctor up.

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n

1. explanation, apology, comment, annotation, scholium, footnote; commentary, critique, exegesis, explication, elucidation; interpretation, translation, metaphrase, reading, understanding.

2. glossary, index, addendum. See glossary.

3. extrapolation, misleading interpretation, glib or slick story, contrivance, concoction, cover-up, white lie, fabrication, Inf. fairy tale, Inf. hoked-up story, Inf. song and dance.

v

4. annotate, explain, interpret, analyze; explicate, read, read into, comment on; react to, respond to.

5. explain away, make plausible, excuse, paint a rosy picture, gloss over, whitewash, extenuate, palliate, gloze; apologize for, play down, downplay, soft pedal; tell a good story, talk a good game.