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spurious
/s ˈpjʊ ri əs /
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masquerade
/ˌmæ skə ˈreɪd/
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a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
masquerade meaning(s)
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- (n) a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- (n) a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
- (n) making a false outward show
- (v) take part in a masquerade
- (v) pretend to be someone or something that you are not
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- The Deceptive Mailings Prevention Act of 1990, which was signed this month by President Bush, bans mail solicitations that masquerade as government notices.
- Ego was defeated but still maintains the ability to morph into a paradise in order to lure unsuspecting travelers to their doom, and to masquerade as a barren world.
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masquerade ball
a ball at which guests wear costumes and masks
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masquerade costume
a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
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masquerade party
a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
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masquerader
/ˌmæs kə ˈrɛɪ də/
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a participant in a masquerade
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mass
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the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
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mass action
(neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated…
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mass card
(Roman Catholic Church) a card sent to a bereaved family that says the sender…
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mass culture
the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media
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mass defect
the amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of…
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mass deficiency
the amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the…
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mass energy
(physics) the mass of a body regarded relativistically as energy
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mass hysteria
a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of…
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mass media
(usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
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mass medium
(usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
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mass meeting
a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
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mass murder
the savage and excessive killing of many people
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mass murderer
a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single…
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mass noun
a noun that does not form plurals
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mass number
the sum of the number of neutrons and protons in an atomic nucleus
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mass production
the production of large quantities of a standardized article (often…
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mass rapid transit
an urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains
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mass spectrograph
a mass spectrometer that produces a graphical representation of…
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mass spectrometer
spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into…