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prevaricate
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  • John has made an art out of it. He prevaricates just for...  (source)
    prevaricates = is deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
  • Don't prevaricate, Nora.  (source)
    prevaricate = be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
  • He then prevaricated about it—he said he hadn't?  (source)
    prevaricated = lied (did not tell the truth)
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  • As regards your question, however, I will not prevaricate nor deceive you, but what the old man of the sea told me, so much will I tell you in full.  (source)
    prevaricate = be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
  • Six long months of excuses and prevarication.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • So I prevaricated and didn't pay, seeing no end to paying if I should start.†  (source)
    prevaricated = was deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information; or made false statements
  • By the time Linda drove me to the airport she had long since seen through my prevarications.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
  • Down there in court, old Dewey made it sound like I was prevaricating-on account of Dick's mother.†  (source)
    prevaricating = is being deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information; or making false statements
  • One prevaricates, one makes excuses for oneself, one gets out of it the best way one can.†  (source)
    prevaricates = is deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information; or makes false statements
  • It was evident he took me for a perfectly shameless prevaricator.†  (source)
  • Delay, obscure, prevaricate.†  (source)
  • It was no time for prevarication.†  (source)
  • We never prevaricated before.†  (source)
    prevaricated = was deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information; or made false statements
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