pre·text 
(prētĕkst′)
(prētĕkst′)n.
A reason or excuse given to hide the real reason for something.
[Latin praetextum, from neuter past participle of praetexere, to disguise : prae-, pre- + texere, to weave; see teks- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
- liveliness
- live load
- livelong
- lively
- liven
- liveness
- live oak
- live off/on the fat of the land
- live off the fat of the land
- live on the fat of the land
- live out
- live parking
- liver
- liver
- liver extract
- liver fluke
- liveried
- liverish
- liverishness
- liverleaf
- Livermore
- livermorium
- Liverpool
- Liverpudlian
- liver rot