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Prevariate

Part of speech: Verb

Sense: To intentionally mislead or deceive someone; to be evasive or ambiguous in speech or action.

Usage:

• She is known for her tendency to prevaricate whenever she is asked a difficult question.
• The politician tried to prevaricate when confronted about his involvement in the corruption scandal.

Part of speech: Noun

Sense: An act of prevaricating; a statement or action that is intentionally misleading or deceptive.

Usage:

• His constant prevarications made it difficult to trust anything he said.
• The company's prevariation regarding their environmental practices caused public outrage.

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