Guise
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape. Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.
Example sentence: Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical guise.
Pretext
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A false, contrived or assumed purpose; a pretense.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.