11 Letter Words for Prevaricate
prevaricate
10 Letter Words for Prevaricate
reparative
9 Letter Words for Prevaricate
preactive, precative, prevacate, privateer
8 Letter Words for Prevaricate
acervate, acierate, apricate, arteriac, arteriae, capitare, caripeta, cetraria, creative, pacative, perviate, petrarca, practive, precaria, precavae, pretrace, privater, reactive, recarpet, reparate, revacate, veratria, veratric, vicarate, vitaceae
7 Letter Words for Prevaricate
acerate, apteria, arteria, avarice, averter, caperer, caprate, captive, caraipe, cariere, carreta, cartier, caterer, caterva, cirrate, crapier, crepier, ereptic, eritrea, erratic, evirate, pareira, paretic, partier, parvati, paterae, pateria, patriae, patrice, pearter, peatier, pereira, perreia, pervert, picrate, piercer, preaver, precava, precite, prerace, pretire, privata, private, recarve, receipt, reciter, recrate, reprice, reprive, rerivet, retrace, riveret, riveter, taperer, tearier, terrace, tripara, variate
6 Letter Words for Prevaricate
acater, aceite, acerra, acrita, acrite, active, aerate, aerier, aperea, apiece, araire, arcate, arrace, arrect, arriva, arrive, artier, atavic, averia, aviate, capita, capite, carate, career, carper, carpet, carrat, carree, carter, carver, cavate, caveae, caveat, caviar, cavier, cepter, cerata, cerate, cerite, certie, cetera, crater, cravat, craver, create, crevet, earcap, ecarte, epeira, eperva, epitra, errata, errite, etrier, irater, irrate, pacate, pacier, pairer, parate, parcae, pareve, parica, pariet, parter, partie, patera, patria, pavier, pearce, peavie, pecite, peirce, peract, pereia, perite, perrie, perter, petara, peteca, petrie, picara, piecer, pierce, pierre, pirate, pitara, prater, pratie, preace, preter, pricer, prieve, privet, pteria, pteric, racier, rapier, rapter, reaper, reaver, recart, recept, recipe, recite, reiter, reiver, repace, repair, repart, repave, repeat, rerate, retape, retare, retear, retier, retira, retire, retrip, revert, riever, taiver, tarrie, tarvia, tearer, tercer, tercia, terrie, tierce, tierer, tipree, tracer, triace, tricae, tricar, tricep, vacate, vairee, variac, varier, verier, verite, vertep, vicara, vipera
5 Letter Words for Prevaricate
acari, acate, aceta, acier, aecia, aeric, aerie, aevia, airer, aiver, apace, apair, apart, apert, apter, arace, arati, arcae, areae, arear, areca, arepa, arere, arete, arite, arret, arrie, artar, arter, artic, atavi, atria, atrip, avera, avert, caper, capra, capri, carap, carat, carer, caret, carpe, carpi, carri, carta, carte, carve, cater, cavae, cavea, caver, cavia, cavie, cerat, cerer, ceria, citee, citer, civet, craie, crape, crare, crate, crave, creep, crepe, crept, creta, crete, crier, cripe, eater, eaver, ecart, epact, erect, erept, erica, etape, evert, evict, evite, irate, pacer, pacta, paire, pairt, parae, parer, parev, parte, parti, parve, patee, patia, paver, pavia, peace, peare, peart, peert, perai, perca, perce, perea, perit, perve, petar, peter, petre, petri, picea, picra, piece, piert, pieta, praia, prate, preta, price, prier, racer, raita, raper, rapic, rater, raver, react, reata, reate, reave, recap, recip, recit, recpt, recti, reice, reive, repic, retar, retia, retie, retip, rever, revet, revie, riata, ricer, rieve, riper, river, rivet, taira, taper, tapia, tapir, tarea, tarie, tarre, tarri, tarve, taver, teave, terai, terap, terce, terra, terre, tiara, ticer, tirer, tirve, tiver, trace, trapa, trape, trave, triac, trica, trice, trier, tripe, vaire, varec, varia, vatic, verpa, verre, veter, vicar, viper, vitae, vitra, vraic
4 Letter Words for Prevaricate
aarp, acer, acpt, acre, acta, aire, airt, aivr, apar, aper, apia, arar, arca, area, aret, aria, arri, arte, atap, atar, atip, aver, avie, cair, capa, cape, capi, capt, care, carp, carr, cart, cate, cava, cave, cepa, cepe, cera, cere, cert, cete, ceti, cira, cire, cite, cive, crap, crip, crit, crpe, eave, eira, eire, epic, epit, erat, erer, eria, eric, erie, etic, evap, ever, evet, iaea, iare, icer, irpe, iter, paar, paca, pace, pact, pair, para, parc, pare, pari, parr, part, pata, pate, pava, pave, peai, pear, peat, peer, pere, peri, pert, perv, peta, pete, pica, pice, pict, pier, piet, pirr, pita, prat, prec, pree, pret, prie, priv, raca, race, raia, rait, rape, rapt, rara, rare, rata, rate, rave, rcpt, rcvr, reap, rear, rect, reet, reit, repr, rept, rete, reve, rice, rier, ripa, ripe, ript, rita, rite, riva, rive, taar, tace, tapa, tape, tara, tare, tari, tarp, tarr, tava, tave, teap, tear, teca, teer, tepa, tepe, tera, terp, terr, tiar, tice, tier, tipe, tire, tirr, trac, trap, trav, tree, trie, trip, vair, vape, vara, vare, vari, veep, veer, vera, veri, vert, veta, vica, vice, vier, vita, vite
3 Letter Words for Prevaricate
ace, act, aer, aia, air, ait, apa, apc, ape, apr, apt, ara, arc, are, arr, art, ate, atp, ava, ave, cai, cap, car, cat, cav, cee, cep, cer, cia, cie, cir, cit, civ, cpa, cpi, cpr, cpt, crt, cte, ctr, cva, ear, eat, ect, eec, eer, eir, epa, epi, era, ere, err, ert, eta, etc, eve, iaa, ice, ipr, ira, ire, ita, iva, ive, pac, par, pat, pav, pci, pct, pea, pec, pee, per, pet, pia, pic, pie, pir, pit, prc, pre, pta, pte, pva, pvc, pvt, rai, rap, rat, rct, rea, rec, ree, rei, rep, rev, ria, rie, rip, rit, riv, rpt, rte, rti, taa, tai, tap, tar, tav, tcp, tea, tec, tee, ter, tic, tie, tip, tpi, tra, tri, trp, vac, vae, var, vat, vcr, vee, vei, ver, vet, via, vic, vie, vip
Definitions for Prevaricate
[1] to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
[2] (intr) to speak or act falsely or evasively with intent to deceive
Words related to Prevaricate
cavil, shuffle, invent, misrepresent, lie, equivocate, fib, falsify, garble, dodge, tergiversate, distort, palter, hedge, exaggerate, fabricate, shift, evade, belie, quibble
Words nearby Prevaricate
prevailing, prevailing westerlies, prevailing wind, prevalence, prevalent, prevaricate, prevarication, prevaricator, prevenient, prevenient grace, prevent
Origin of Prevaricate
1575–85; < Latin praevāricātus, past participle of praevāricārī to straddle something, (of an advocate) collude with an opponent's advocate, equivalent to prae- pre- + vāricāre to straddle, derivative of vārus bent outwards, bow-legged
Other words from Prevaricate
pre·var·i·ca·tion , noun
pre·var·i·ca·tive , pre·var·i·ca·to·ry [pri-var -i-kuh -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /prɪˈvær ɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/ , adjective
un·pre·var·i·cat·ing , adjective
Word origin for Prevaricate
C16: from Latin praevāricārī to walk crookedly, from prae beyond + vāricare to straddle the legs; compare Latin vārus bent
Synonyms for Prevaricate
belie, cavil, con, distort, dodge, equivocate, evade, exaggerate, fabricate, falsify, fib, garble, hedge, invent, jive, lie, misrepresent, misspeak, palter, quibble, shift, shuffle, tergiversate, beat around the bush, beg the question, phony up, put on