GRE Word List

TEMPORIZE

to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion

The meaning of the word temporize is to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion.

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deputizeto appoint as deputy
confideto have confidence : trust
panegyrica eulogistic oration or writing
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
demeritoffense
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
ceremoniousdevoted to forms and ceremony
oracularresembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery)
fictitiousof, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary
implicateto bring into intimate or incriminating connection