Prevaricate (Verb)
Meaning
Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- When questioned about the company's financial struggles, the CEO began to prevaricate and dodged every direct question.
- The politician was accused of prevaricating about her role in the scandal, leading many to speculate about her true involvement.
- Her constant prevarication made it difficult to discern her true intentions and led to a breakdown in trust.
- The manager prevaricated about the reason for the employee's dismissal, fueling rumors and speculation.
- The student's prevarication about the source of the information only raised more suspicions about the authenticity of the research.