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
- Ccheck_circle
disguised
- 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.