noun. the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother’s face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication. a false or deliberate misstatement; lie: Her many prevarications had apparently paid off; she was free to go.
What is a prevaricator?
a person who speaks falsely; liar. a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator.
What is the synonym of prevaricate?
Some common synonyms of prevaricate are equivocate, fib, lie, and palter. While all these words mean “to tell an untruth,” prevaricate softens the bluntness of lie by implying quibbling or confusing the issue.
How do you use the word prevaricate?
Prevaricate in a Sentence 🔉
- Because my sister Sarah does not take bad news well, I always prevaricate when telling her something she does not want to hear.
- In order to get his bill passed, the politician went out of his way to prevaricate about the release of the environmental study.
What does Varication mean?
Noun. varication (uncountable) (medicine) The formation or presence of varicose veins.
What does prolifically mean?
1 : producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful. 2 archaic : causing abundant growth, generation, or reproduction. 3 : marked by abundant inventiveness or productivity a prolific composer.
What is moral opprobrium?
1 : something that brings disgrace. 2a : public disgrace or ill fame that follows from conduct considered grossly wrong or vicious Collaborators with the enemy did not escape the opprobrium of the townspeople.
What is a sentence for prevaricate?
(1) Tell us exactly what happened and don’t prevaricate. (2) Didn’t prevaricate but answered forthrightly and honestly. (3) British ministers continued to prevaricate. (4) Without a text to assist them they may prevaricate too long before facing the brutal truth.
