Related Words for pretexts

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Word	Syllables	Categories
pretence	x/	Noun, Noun
guise	/	Noun, Noun
pretenses	x/x	Noun
excuses	x/x	Noun
rationales	xx/	Noun
justifications	xxx/x	Noun
reasons	/x	Noun
motives	/x	Noun
purposes	/xx	Noun
false pretenses	/x/x	Phrase, Noun
expedients	x/xx	Noun
justifies	/xx	Verb
premisses	x/x	Noun
motivations	xx/x	Noun
premises	/xx	Noun
contexts	/x	Noun
rationalizations	xxxx/x	Noun
rationalisation	/xx/x	Noun
contrivances	x/xx	Noun
explanations	xx/x	Noun
ulterior motive	x/xx/x	Phrase, Noun
justificatory	xxxxxx	Adjective
euphemisms	/xxx	Noun
preconditions	xx/x	Noun
precedents	/xx	Noun
falsehoods	/x	Noun
prefaces	/xx	Noun
rationalise	/xx	Verb
alibis	/xx	Noun
deceptions	x/x	Noun
circumstances	/xxx	Noun
loopholes	/x	Noun
occasions	x/x	Noun
substantiation	xxx/x	Noun
fabrications	xx/x	Noun
examples	x/x	Noun
plausibility	xx/xx	Noun
contrive	x/	Verb
cover story	/x/x	Phrase, Noun
triggers	/x	Noun
motivators	/xxx	Noun
rhetoric	/xx	Noun
falsifying	/xxx	Verb
contextualization	x/xxx/x	Noun
scenarios	x/xx	Noun
contextualize	x/xxx	Verb
conceits	x/	Noun
suppositions	xx/x	Noun
proximate cause	/xx/	Phrase, Noun
fictions	/x	Noun
specious	/x	Adjective
frivolous	/xx	Adjective
inventing	x/x	Verb
sorts	/	Noun
appearances	x/xx	Noun
trifling	/x	Adjective
hypocritical	xx/xx	Adjective
texts	/	Noun
plausible	/xx	Adjective
deceive	x/	Verb
trivial	/xx	Adjective
wanting	/x	Verb
intervention	xx/x	Noun
delaying	x/x	Verb
fraudulent	/xx	Adjective
fashion	/x	Noun
futile	/x	Adjective
absurd	x/	Adjective
variety	x/xx	Noun
kinds	/	Noun
cover	/x	Noun
false	/	Adjective
various	/xx	Adjective
plenty	/x	Noun
ingenious	x/x	Adjective
aggression	x/x	Noun
causes	/x	Noun
interference	xx/x	Noun
invasion	x/x	Noun
slightest	/x	Adjective
mere	/	Adjective
arrested	x/x	Verb
exhausted	x/x	Verb
furnish	/x	Verb
wars	/	Noun
vain	/	Adjective
finds	/	Verb
dubious	/xx	Adjective
afforded	x/x	Verb
devised	x/	Verb
invoked	x/	Verb
feeble	/x	Adjective
manner	/x	Noun
convenient	x/x	Adjective
refused	x/	Verb
seeks	/	Verb
opportunities	xx/xx	Noun
varied	/x	Adjective
lacking	/x	Verb
transparent	x/x	Adjective
serve	/	Verb
offering	/xx	Verb
violence	/xx	Noun
action	/x	Noun
nothing	/x	Noun
series	/x	Noun
authority	x/xx	Noun
endless	/x	Adjective
diverse	x/	Adjective
advanced	x/	Verb
legal	/x	Adjective
most	/	Adverb
looking	/x	Verb
means	/	Noun
were	x	Verb
ideological	xxx/xx	Adjective
annoyances	x/xx	Noun
apologies	x/xx	Noun
arguments	/xx	Noun
artifices	/xxx	Noun
claims	/	Noun, Verb
disguises	x/x	Noun, Verb
evasions	x/x	Noun
grounds	/	Noun
lawsuits	/x	Noun
pleas	/	Noun
quibble	/x	Verb, Noun
sources	/x	Noun