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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |