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 |
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| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| wry | twist |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |