GRE Word List
PRETEXT
a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
The meaning of the word pretext is a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anarchy | absence of government |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |