| 单词 | prevarication |
| 释义 | (noun) After months of prevarication, a decision has been made. Synonyms evasion They face accusations from the Opposition Party of evasion and cover-up. lies deception pretence struggling to keep up the pretence that all was well deceit The suspect was found guilty of theft, fraud and deceit on an incredible scale. quibbling misrepresentation falsehood She called the verdict a victory of truth over falsehood. untruth The Authority accused estate agents of using blatant untruths. falsification recent concern about the falsification of evidence in court equivocation Why don't you just say what you think without equivocation? cavilling tergiversation Additional synonymsin the sense of deceit Definition behaviour intended to deceive The suspect was found guilty of theft, fraud and deceit on an incredible scale. Synonyms lying, fraud, cheating, deception, hypocrisy, cunning, pretence, treachery, dishonesty, guile, artifice, trickery, misrepresentation, duplicity, subterfuge, feint, double-dealing, chicanery, wile, dissimulation, craftiness, imposture, fraudulence, slyness, deceitfulness, underhandedness in the sense of equivocation Why don't you just say what you think without equivocation? Synonyms ambiguity, evasion, hedging, waffle (informal, British), shuffling, quibbling, prevarication, weasel words (informal, US), double talk, tergiversation, doubtfulness in the sense of falsehood Definition the quality of being untrue She called the verdict a victory of truth over falsehood. Synonyms untruthfulness, deception, deceit, dishonesty, prevarication, mendacity, dissimulation, perjury, inveracity (rare) Nearby words of |
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