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 |
|---|---|
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
