prevaricate

Meanings

Verb

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
To speak or act in a manner that is intentionally ambiguous or evasive; equivocate.
To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

Origin / Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin praevāricārī (“to walk crookedly; to play a false or double part”), from prae- + vāricāre (“to stand with feet apart, straddle”), from vāricus (“with feet spread apart”).

Synonyms

beat about the bush, beat around the bush, equivocate, evasive, fabricate, fib, lie, palter, tergiversate, waffle

Antonyms

direct

Scrabble Score: 18

prevaricate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
prevaricate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
prevaricate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 21

prevaricate is a valid Words With Friends word