Question

“Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf, "You feed in my pasture." "No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink to me." Upon which the Wolf

Answer 1

seized him and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations." The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.”

While reading the fable, a student is confused by the word pretext. Using context clues in the passage, you realize that you can help the student determine the meaning of the word. Which of the following definitions is the correct one?
Answer
purpose
trick
solution
target

Answer 2

yeah, yeah she did

Answer 3

what is the word we need to find the difinition of?

Answer 4

pretext

Answer 5

purpose:)

Answer 6

TY

Answer 7

no problem;)