gloss+over
61paper something over — COVER UP, hide, conceal, disguise, camouflage, gloss over. → paper …
62slough over — |sləf transitive verb Etymology: slough (IV) : slight, gloss II 1 dwell on a few of the aspects of group work that are currently being sloughed over W.H.Whyte …
63varnish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shellac, lac, lacquer; spar; gloss, mitigation, whitewash, excuse. v. t. shellac, lacquer, etc.; palliate, glaze, gloss, excuse, whitewash; finish. See smoothness, covering. II (Roget s IV) n. Colors… …
64whitewash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. calcimine, kalsomine; whiten; vindicate, exonerate; informal, shut out, blank, skunk (sl.). See covering, vindication, flattery. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To cover with a lime wash] Syn. paint, whiten …
65Vindication — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Vindication >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vindication vindication justification warrant Sgm: N 1 exoneration exoneration exculpation Sgm: N 1 acquittal acquittal &c. 970 Sgm: N 1 whitewashing whitewashing …
66gloze — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. gloss over, cover up, extenuate; see palliate . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To conceal or make light of a fault or offense. Also used with over: explain away, extenuate, gloss over, palliate, sleek over, whitewash.… …
67palliate — palliate, extenuate, gloze, gloss, whitewash, whiten are comparable when they mean to give a speciously fine appearance to what is base, evil, or erroneous. Palliate may stress the concealing or cloaking or the condoning of the enormity of a… …
68veneer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. facing, overlay, coating, shell; superficial polish, facade. See layer, shallowness, covering. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An outer layer] Syn. surface, exterior, covering; see cover 1 . 2. [A superficial… …
69cover — Synonyms and related words: American plan, European plan, Smyth sewing, a la carte, abri, account for, accouple, accumulate, act, admit, afghan, agglutinate, air cover, air raid, air support, air raid shelter, alibi, altar carpet, altar cloth,… …
70Neglect — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Neglect >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 neglect neglect Sgm: N 1 carelessness carelessness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 trifling trifling &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 negligence negligence Sgm: N 1 omission …
