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prevaricates
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
,
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palter
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lies
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dissembles
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dithers
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expostulated
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pretends
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temporized
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misspeaks
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prating
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henpecking
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moralizing
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berates
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hoodwinks
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deprecates
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traduced
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philosophise
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scolds
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elides
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rephrases
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brazened
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fusses
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bewitches
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declaiming
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sentimentalize
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lisps
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bawls
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complains
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pacifies
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liar
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bush
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dodge
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prevaricates
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