Wordiyoprevaricate
🇬🇧 UK/pri'værikeit/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC1
Definitions
v.
To speak in a deliberately vague or evasive way in order to mislead or avoid telling the truth
支吾其辞，搪塞，含糊其辞
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.prevaricate wildly大肆搪塞
- 2.prevaricate under questioning在盘问下支吾其辞
- 3.[prevaricate about the truth]回避真相
- 4.tend to prevaricate惯于含糊其辞
Example Sentences
- 1.
When asked about the missing funds, the manager began to prevaricate.
- 2.
Stop prevaricating and just tell me what really happened.
- 3.
The politician prevaricated for twenty minutes without answering a single question.