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belie

verb/bɪˈlʌɪ/

C2CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
FormalRegister

To fail to give a true impression of something, or to contradict it.

Her calm expression belied the panic she felt inside.

Similar: contradict, misrepresent, disguise

Topic: GRE Verbal in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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