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

WordMeaning
cremateto subject to cremation
iotaan infinitesimal amount : jot
waifa stray person or animal
vertexthe top of the head
shedto rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
interdicta Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district
tutelaryhaving the guardianship of a person or a thing
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
impedeto interfere with or slow the progress of