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prevaricating

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The chief addressed Julia in a tone of authority, imitating the counsel for the crown when examining a prevaricating witness.

In order that she might continue to think him so, he would go on prevaricating forever, if necessary.

Here the prevaricating waiting-maid told barely the truth in words: Mad.

Mrs. Norman made the most common, and—where the object is to baffle curiosity—the most useless of prevaricating replies.

Randal flattered himself that he had made a prevaricating reply simply impossible.

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On this page you'll find 230 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to prevaricating, such as: ambiguous, cagey, deceptive, false, misleading, and unclear.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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