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noun as in justification
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noun as in mask
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noun as in plea
noun as in pretense
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- act
- acting
- affectation
- appearance
- artifice
- claim
- deceit
- deception
- display
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- evasion
- excuse
- fabrication
- facade
- fakery
- falsification
- feigning
- gag
- guise
- insincerity
- invention
- make believe
- mask
- masquerade
- misrepresentation
- misstatement
- ostentation
- posing
- posturing
- pretentiousness
- routine
- ruse
- schtick
- sham
- shuffling
- simulation
- stall
- stunt
- subterfuge
- trickery
- veil
- wile
noun as in pretension
noun as in pretext
noun as in sham
noun as in show
noun as in strategem
noun as in bluff
noun as in stratagem
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noun as in false pretense
noun as in apologia
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noun as in put on
noun as in cloak
noun as in color
noun as in deception
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noun as in alibi
noun as in evasion
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noun as in excuse
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noun as in feint
noun as in front
noun as in grounds
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verb as in cloak
verb as in excuse
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But there was no lack of expedients and pre-texts for keeping them in a great measure secreted.
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On this page you'll find 876 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pre texts, such as: apology, approval, argument, basis, confirmation, and explanation.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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