GRE Word List
PREVARICATE
to deviate from the truth : equivocate
The meaning of the word prevaricate is to deviate from the truth : equivocate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ramification | branch |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |