prevaricate

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/prɪˈværɪˌkeɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pri var′i kāt′)

Inflections of 'prevaricate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
prevaricates
v 3rd person singular
prevaricating
v pres p
prevaricated
v past
prevaricated
v past p
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prevaricate⇒ vi formal (avoid telling the truth)tergiversar⇒ vtr
  desinformar⇒ vi
  (coloquial)dar rodeos loc verb
 Instead of answering the question honestly, the politician prevaricated.
 En vez de contestar honestamente, el político tergiversó los hechos.
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equivocate

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