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prevaricate

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11 lettersPronunciation /pɹɪˈvaɹɪkeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aaceeiprrtvStarts with PEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin praevāricātus, perfect active participle of praevāricor (“to walk crookedly; to play a false or double part”), from prae- + vāricō (“to stand with feet apart, straddle”), from vāricus (“with feet spread apart”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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  • The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.

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