Words in Context

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 3/5

The archaeologist refuses to read modern motives into ancient behavior. The dead, she insists, must be allowed to surprise us; too often, she argues, our reconstructions amount to thinly veiled self-portraits.

As used in the text, what does the word "veiled" most nearly mean?

  • A

    covered with cloth

  • B

    married

  • C

    disguised

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  • D

    obscured by mist

Explanation

The reconstructions are disguised self-portraits; "veiled" means disguised or thinly hidden, not the literal cloth, marital, or mist senses.

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