prevaricate \prih-VAIR-uh-kayt\, intransitive verb:
To depart from or evade the truth; to speak with equivocation.
Journalism has a similar obligation, particularly with men and women suddenly transferred to places of great power, who are often led to exaggerate and prevaricate, all in the name of a supposedly greater good.
-- Stephen R. Graubard, "Presidents: The Power and the Mediocrity", New York Times, January 15, 1989
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"Do you have the audacity to doubt my veracity and insinuate I am a pervaricator?"
-Mrs. Davis's 5th grade class vocabulary sentance.
oh man, we're going way back with that comment. Kudos to Mr./Ms. Anonymous for that one
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