Login
Ideas
Quotes
Lessons
Words
Username
Password
Login
Cancel
Forgot
password?
Search:
Dictionary
All Posts
Search
Search
Store Your Knowledge at the Brain Bank!
Login
/
Register - It's free!
Username
Password
Login
Cancel
Forgot
password?
prevaricate
Definition
Cancel
Bank This Word!
My Lists
Login to Create a List
Register for Free!
Keep Public?
prevaricate
verb
(pre-var-i-cate)
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
Synonyms:
beat around the bush,
equivocate
,
palter
,
tergiversate
,
Words Related to
prevaricate
!
equivocate
,
palter
,
tergiversate
,
lie
,
usurp
,
dissemble
,
temporize
,
obfuscate
,
dissimulate
,
dawdle
,
grovel
,
cajole
,
confabulate
,
demur
,
browbeat
,
snivel
,
ignore
,
castigate
,
pussyfooting
,
misgovern
,
cogitate
,
loth
,
discomfit
,
ostracise
,
cavilling
,
pretend
,
naysay
,
prate
,
moralize
,
fulminate
,
cower
,
denude
,
betray
,
bemuse
,
vilify
,
demonize
,
sermonise
,
hectoring
,
backbite
,
pontificating
,
contrive
,
beseech
,
misapply
,
simpering
,
entreat
,
sulk
,
dithering
,
inculpate
,
scruple
,
pander
,
tarrying
,
enfeeble
,
demonizing
,
bewail
,
aggrandise
,
coarsen
,
harrumphing
,
chastise
,
acquiesce
,
oppress
,
fidget
,
snigger
,
importune
,
sentimentalise
,
refuse
,
scold
,
totter
,
speechify
,
overprotect
,
traduce
,
berate
,
agonize
,
admonish
,
beggaring
,
dare
,
lionise
,
capitulate
,
tyrannize
,
waddle
,
misconceive
,
bleat
,
ossify
,
tyrannise
,
reprove
,
debase
,
inveigle
,
misreport
,
mutter
,
abominate
,
despising
,
exaggerate
,
chivvy
,
coddle
,
extenuate
,
psychoanalyze
,
unheeding
,
loathe
,
brutalise
,
cloy
,
pitying
,
prevaricate
Examples by Brain Bank Users