SAT vocabulary
Gild
To cover with a thin layer of gold; to give a specious or false brilliance to.
Example
"The artist used a fine brush to gild the edges of the painting, giving it a luxurious, if somewhat artificial, sheen."
Etymology
From Old English 'gyldan', from Proto-Germanic '*gulþijan' (to cover with gold).
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