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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| entity | being |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| drama | a composition (see composition |