MIDDLE vocabulary
Mask
To conceal or hide (a quality or feeling).
Example
"He tried to mask his disappointment with a forced smile."
Etymology
From Old French 'masque' from Italian 'maschera' meaning 'mask,' perhaps from Arabic 'maskhara' meaning 'buffoon, mockery.'
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