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 |
|---|---|
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |