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shellac collapse: a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood; lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white; cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"

overstate collapse: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

dissemblance collapse

ensconce collapse: fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair"

trick out collapse

whiten collapse: turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"

obfuscate collapse: make obscure or unclear

playacting collapse

dress up collapse: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"; make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth"

slur over collapse

sketchbook collapse: a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn

palliative collapse: remedy that alleviates pain without curing

furbish collapse

extenuate collapse: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

ingrain collapse: thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"

besmear collapse

drier collapse

bedaub collapse: spread or daub (a surface)

belie collapse

gloss over collapse: treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly

pretext collapse: something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason

lay figure collapse: dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body

fixative collapse: a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging; a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study

false show collapse

embellish collapse

bedizen collapse: dress up garishly and tastelessly; decorate tastelessly

overload collapse: an excessive burden; an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power; place too much a load on; "don't overload the car"; become overloaded; "The aerator overloaded"

envelop collapse: enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"

enrich collapse: make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"; make wealthy or richer; "the oil boom enriched a lot of local people"

fresco collapse: a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster; a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster; paint onto wet plaster on a wall

veneer collapse: coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood; cover with veneer; "veneer the furniture to protect it"

decorate collapse: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"; award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to; "He was decorated for his services in the military"

simulation collapse: the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training); (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated"

protestation collapse: a strong declaration of protest

gild collapse: decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

palliate collapse

becloud collapse

window dressing collapse: the decoration of shop windows

speciousness collapse: an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument"

cover up collapse

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