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It was very difficult for Sara to dissimulate the truth from her friend.
bemask,cloak.dissimulate
Impersonate means "pretend to be something." Dissimulate means "pretend not to be something."
In this case, the prefix dis- indicates reversal. To simulate is to pretend to be something; to dissimulate is to pretend not to be something.
Another word for mask with the same meaning