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 |
|---|---|
| significant | having meaning |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| politic | political |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |