Gloss

verb

glɑs

Noun

an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
“he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction”
Similar:Color Colour Semblance
Type of:Appearance
an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
Similar:Glossary
Type of:Wordbook
the property of being smooth and shiny
Similar:BurnishGlossinessPolish
Type of:RadianceRefulgenceRefulgency
an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
Similar:Rubric
Type of:AccountExplanation

provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
Similar:Annotate Comment
Type of:InterpretRede
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
Similar:Color Colour
Type of:ApologizeRationaliseExcuse
give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
Type of:PolishShineSmooth
provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
Type of:TranslateRenderInterpret