prevaricate
31prevaricate — /prəˈværəkeɪt / (say pruh varuhkayt) verb (i) (prevaricated, prevaricating) to act or speak evasively; equivocate; quibble. {Latin praevāricātus, past participle, walked crookedly, deviated} –prevarication /prəværəˈkeɪʃən/ (say pruhvaruh… …
32prevaricate — v.intr. 1 speak or act evasively or misleadingly. 2 quibble, equivocate. Usage: Often confused with procrastinate. Derivatives: prevarication n. prevaricator n. Etymology: L praevaricari walk crookedly, practise collusion, in eccl.L transgress… …
33procrastinate — prevaricate, procrastinate Because their meanings, or at least the implications of their meanings, overlap, these two words are often confused. To prevaricate (derived from Latin praevaricari meaning literally ‘to walk crookedly’) is ‘to speak or …
34Prevaricated — Prevaricate Pre*var i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prevaricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prevaricating}.] [L. praevaricatus, p. p. of praevaricari to walk crookedly, to collude; prae before + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, varus bent. See… …
35Prevaricating — Prevaricate Pre*var i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prevaricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prevaricating}.] [L. praevaricatus, p. p. of praevaricari to walk crookedly, to collude; prae before + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, varus bent. See… …
36procrastinate — , prevaricate The first means to postpone doing; the second means to be untruthful …
37prevarication — prevaricate ► VERB ▪ avoid giving a direct answer when asked a question. DERIVATIVES prevarication noun prevaricator noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «transgress»: from Latin praevaricari walk crookedly, deviate …
38prevaricator — prevaricate ► VERB ▪ avoid giving a direct answer when asked a question. DERIVATIVES prevarication noun prevaricator noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «transgress»: from Latin praevaricari walk crookedly, deviate …
39be non-committal — PREVARICATE, give nothing away, dodge the issue, sidestep the issue, hedge, fence, pussyfoot around, beat about the bush, equivocate, temporize, shilly shally, vacillate, waver; Brit. hum and haw; informal sit on the fence. → non committal …
40lie — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. prevaricate, falsify, deceive; recline, rest, be situated; extend. See falsehood, deception, location, horizontal. Ant., fact, truth. lie detector II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An intentional… …
