gloss

1a :  to mask the true nature of :  give a deceptively attractive appearance to —used with over the misery was general, where not glossed over by liberal application of alcohol — Marston Batesb :  to deal with (a subject or problem) too lightly or not at all —used with over glosses over scholarly controversies rather than confronting them head-on — John Israel

2 :  to give a gloss to

1a :  a brief explanation (as in the margin or between the lines of a text) of a difficult or obscure word or expressionb :  a false and often willfully misleading interpretation (as of a text)

2a :  glossaryb :  an interlinear translationc :  a continuous commentary accompanying a text

3 :  commentary, interpretation

1a :  to provide a gloss for :  explain, defineb :  interpret

2 :  to dispose of by false or perverse interpretation trying to gloss away the irrationalities of the universe — Irwin Edman

1 :  tongue glossitis

2 :  language glossolalia

1 :  brightness from a smooth surface :  sheen

2 :  a falsely attractive surface appearance

1 :  to shine the surface of

2 :  to explain as if unimportant He glossed over a mistake.