Bare and Gild

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Bare verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).

Usage example: finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long

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Gild is an antonym for bare.

Nearby Words: barely, bared, bareness

Gild verb - Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold.

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Bare is an antonym for gild.

Nearby Words: gilded, gilding, gilder

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