n. 25B6; noun
a grand masquerade : MASKED BALL, masque, fancy-dress party.
he couldn't keep up the masquerade much longer : PRETENCE, deception, pose, act, front, facade, disguise, dissimulation, cover-up, bluff, play-acting, make-believe; informal put-on.
25B6; verb a woman masquerading as a man : PRETEND TO BE, pose as, pass oneself off as, impersonate, disguise oneself as; formal personate.