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guise

nounCommon GRE wordMore G words

an outward appearance or pretense that conceals the truth

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Guise in a sentence

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Under the guise of friendship, he quietly gathered information to pass to his rivals.

Synonyms
pretensefacadesemblancepretext
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Verbal · Sentence Equivalence

The naturalist warned that the alpine bloom was blank, a spectacle of color that would vanish within days of the thaw, leaving no trace by midsummer.

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Guise (noun) means an outward appearance or pretense that conceals the truth
Here is guise used in an example sentence: "Under the guise of friendship, he quietly gathered information to pass to his rivals."
Common synonyms for guise include pretense, facade, semblance, pretext.
Guise is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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