GRE Word List
PREVARICATE
to deviate from the truth : equivocate
The meaning of the word prevaricate is to deviate from the truth : equivocate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| haven | harbor |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| spangle | a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |