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 |
|---|---|
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| freebooter | pirate |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |