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 |
|---|---|
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |