prevaricate

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

pre·var·i·cate (prĭ-vărʹĭ-kāt')intr.v. pre·var·i·cat·ed, pre·var·i·cat·ing, pre·var·i·cates
To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate. See Synonyms at lie². [Latin praevāricārī, praevāricāt- : prae-, pre- + vāricāre, to straddle (from vāricus, straddling, from vārus, bent).] pre·var'i·caʹtion n.pre·varʹi·ca'tor n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, palter