| VERB | communication | prevaricate, beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, palter | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear / unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
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| Sounds | prahveh'rahkeyt | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear / unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, palter | |
| Broader | misinform, mislead | Give false / false or misleading information to |
| Spanish | mentir, prevaricar, tergiversar | |
| Catalan | prevaricar, tergiversar | |
| Nouns | prevarication | the deliberate act of deviating from the truth |
| prevarication | intentionally vague or ambiguous | |
| prevarication | a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth | |
| prevaricator | a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly | |
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