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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hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
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quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
gnome | maxim |
abjure | to renounce upon oath |
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lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |