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Six example sentences with prevaricate, each labelled with its topic.
Asked twice about the missing funds, the minister continued to prevaricate, praising the audit team without answering either question.
Politics
Witnesses who prevaricate under questioning rarely fool the jury, since the same story arrives slightly different every single time.
Law
The supplier prevaricated for a month about the delayed shipment, offering weather, holidays and paperwork instead of a firm date.
Business
The founder prevaricated when the board asked about churn, describing the roadmap instead of the number.
Startups
The narrator prevaricates whenever the reader gets close to the truth, changing the subject to the weather or the garden.
Literature
Asked whether the star was injured, the coach prevaricated for five minutes without confirming or denying anything.
Basketball
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- Barron's 333 GRE High-Frequency Words
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- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE Words
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)
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- PrepScholar 357 GRE Words
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)
- PowerScore GRE Repeat Offenders (699)
- GregMat 960 GRE Words
- MajorTests SAT 1000
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