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 |
|---|---|
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| devious | wandering |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |