prevaricates

Meaning of prevaricates

verb, 3rd person present
  1. speak or act in an evasive way.
    he seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions

mid 16th century (earlier (Middle English) as prevarication and prevaricator ), in the sense ‘go astray, transgress’: from Latin praevaricat- ‘walked crookedly, deviated’, from the verb praevaricari, from prae ‘before’ + varicari ‘straddle’.

Information about prevaricates

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of prevaricates is: prevaricate.
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Hyphenation of prevaricates

pre-var-i-cates

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
  • prevaricates is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

prevaricates synonyms

Meaning surround with a hedge:

hedge

Meaning conduct a discussion or argument in an evasive way:

fence

Meaning walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground:

shuffle

Meaning act in a cautious or non-committal way:

pussyfoot

Meaning use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself:

equivocate

Meaning waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive:

vacillate

Meaning argue or raise objections about a trivial matter:

quibble

Meaning make petty or unnecessary objections:

cavil

Meaning (of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface:

lie

Meaning avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time:

temporize

Meaning (of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine:

stall

Meaning equivocate or prevaricate in action or speech:

palter

Meaning make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate:

tergiversate

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