新GRE词汇复习资料：prevaricate

　　新GRE改革，词汇量减少20%，但在减少的同时，新GRE对词汇的考察也加大了一定的难度，以下是2014新GRE词汇复习资料。

　　prevaricate: 支吾其词; to deviate from the truth: equivocate

　　1) to lie or deviate from the truth

　　2) to speak equivocally or evasively, i.e., to lie

　　Syn: deceive, equivocate, misrepresent, lie, perjure

　　prevaricate : deceive

　　prevaricate : truth

　　prevaricate : deceit

　　prevaricate : dishonesty

　　1. Rather than admit that he had overslept again, the employee prevaricated and claimed that heavy traffic had prevented him from arriving at work ontime.

　　2. Do not prevaricate about who did what or why; simply tell me how the vase got broken.

　　The mayors desperate attempt to prevaricate about the scandal was transparent to the voters.

　　His mother knew no one else could have done it, but the child foolishly prevaricated about the stain on the rug.

　　prevaricate : deceive = exhortation : encourage

　　prevaricate : deceive = filibuster : delay :: blandishment : coax

　　equivocate : clarity = prevaricate : truth

　　prevaricate : deceit = filibuster : delay

　　equivocate/palter/falter/prevaricate 含糊其辞,说模棱两的话

　　以上是小编为大家整理的新GRE词汇的相关备考资料，希望考生们加强在词汇方面的记忆，取得好的成绩。