prevaricate
verbTo avoid being fully truthful by using evasive statements.
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Clear all filtersTo avoid being fully truthful by using evasive statements.
To state openly that one holds a belief, feeling, or qualification, sometimes with doubt about its sincerity.
Openly stated or claimed, without necessarily being demonstrated.
An action or statement that stimulates anger or a response.
A state of uncertainty about what to do or which choice to make.
A response that challenges a claim with opposing arguments or evidence.
To formally withdraw a previously stated belief or claim.
To summarize the main points of something.
Royal or impressively dignified.
To help restore ability, condition, or standing after damage, difficulty, or a period of exclusion.
To repeat something for emphasis or clarity.
The act of saying or presenting something again, usually for emphasis or clarity.
Someone who abandons a group, cause, or accepted allegiance.
To withdraw a statement or claim previously made.
A statement withdrawing or correcting something previously asserted.
Moving backward or returning to a less developed or less desirable condition.
Moving backward
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A state of pleasant, dreamy thought.
A question asked for effect, without expecting an answer.
Expressing compact statements of supposed wisdom, often with excessive moralizing.
A state of calm and peacefulness.
A state of greatly reduced alertness or a dazed condition.
Not obvious and requiring care to notice or understand.
Understood without being stated directly.
Understood without direct statement
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A state of intense disorder, confusion, or agitation.
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