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 |
|---|---|
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| circlet | a little circle |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |