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  • 41over-glorious — over glorious, gloss see over …

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  • 42gloss — I. noun Etymology: akin to Middle High German glosen to glow, shine; akin to Old English geolu yellow Date: 1538 1. a surface luster or brightness ; shine 2. a. a deceptively attractive appearance < selfishness that had a gloss of humanitarianism …

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  • 43Gloss (comics) — Infobox comics character character name = Gloss imagesize = caption = Millennium #8 publisher = DC Comics debut = Millennium #2 (January 1988) creators = Steve Engelhart (writer) Joe Staton (artist) alter ego = Xiang Po full name = species =&#8230; …

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  • 44gloss — {{11}}gloss (n.1) luster, 1530s, from Scandinavian (Cf. Icelandic glossi flame, related to glossa to flame ), or obsolete Du. gloos a glowing, from M.H.G. glos; probably ultimately from the same source as O.E. glowan (see GLOW (Cf. glow)).&#8230; …

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  • 45gloss — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. luster, sheen, shine, finish, polish; glaze, veneer; deception, speciousness. See light, smoothness, shallowness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Shine] Syn. gleam, shimmer, polish; see finish 2 . 2.&#8230; …

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  • 46sleek over — verb cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error Let s not whitewash the crimes of Stalin She tried to gloss over her mistakes • Syn: ↑whitewash, ↑gloss over, ↑hush up • Derivationally related forms: ↑whitewash ( …

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  • 47pass over — Synonyms and related words: abalienate, abandon, alien, alienate, allow for, amortize, assign, autopsy, ban, bar, bar out, barter, be blind to, be caught napping, be caught out, be inattentive, be lost, be neglectful, be negligent, be unwary,&#8230; …

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  • 48skate over — verb treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑gloss over, ↑smooth over, ↑slur over, ↑skimp over • Hypernyms: ↑treat, ↑handle, ↑do by …

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  • 49smooth over — verb treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑gloss over, ↑skate over, ↑slur over, ↑skimp over • Hypernyms: ↑treat, ↑handle, ↑do by …

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  • 50slur over — Synonyms and related words: allow for, becloud, befog, blanket, blind, blink, blink at, camouflage, carefully ignore, cloak, cloud, cold shoulder, color, conceal, cover, cover up, curtain, cut a corner, cut corners, diminish, dip into, discount,&#8230; …

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