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ˌmɑːskəˈreɪd, 
ˌmas-/
n.
  - a false show or pretence.
 - the wearing of disguise. 
▸chiefly N. Amer. a masked ball.
 
v.
 pretend to be someone that one is not. 
▸be disguised or passed off as something else:
 the idle gossip that masquerades as news.
Derivative
Etymology
C16: from Fr. mascarade, from Ital. mascherata, from maschera ‘mask’.