13 Letter Words for Prevaricative
prevaricative
11 Letter Words for Prevaricative
prevaricate
10 Letter Words for Prevaricative
acervative, reparative
9 Letter Words for Prevaricative
aperitive, aviatrice, preactive, precative, prevacate, privateer, privative, variative, vetiveria, vicariate
8 Letter Words for Prevaricative
acervate, acierate, apricate, arteriac, arteriae, avertive, capitare, caripeta, caritive, caviarie, cetraria, creative, criteria, pacative, patricia, peritcia, perviate, petrarca, picariae, practive, precaria, precavae, pretrace, priceite, privater, reactive, recarpet, reparate, revacate, tirrivee, triceria, veratria, veratric, vicarate, vitaceae, vivipara
7 Letter Words for Prevaricative
acerate, apteria, arteria, avarice, averter, aviatic, caitive, caperer, caprate, captive, caraipe, caraipi, cariere, carreta, cartier, caterer, caterva, cirrate, crapier, crepier, epeiric, epicier, epitria, ereptic, eritrea, erratic, evirate, icteria, pareira, paretic, partier, parvati, paterae, pateria, patriae, patrice, pearter, peatier, pereira, perreia, pervert, picrate, picrite, piercer, piratic, piteira, prairie, preaver, precava, precite, prerace, pretire, pricier, privata, private, privier, recarve, receipt, reciter, recrate, reprice, reprive, rerivet, retrace, reviver, riparia, riveret, riveter, riviera, riviere, taperer, tarairi, tariric, tearier, terrace, tripara, tripier, vairier, variate, vetiver, viatica, vicaire, viciate, vivaria, viverra
6 Letter Words for Prevaricative
acater, aceite, acerra, acrita, acrite, active, aerate, aerier, airier, aperea, apiece, araire, arcate, arrace, arrect, arriva, arrive, artier, atavic, averia, aviate, avitic, capita, capite, capivi, carate, career, carper, carpet, carrat, carree, carter, carver, cavate, caveae, caveat, caviar, cavier, cepter, cerata, cerate, cerite, certie, cetera, civite, crater, cravat, craver, create, crevet, earcap, ecarte, epeira, eperva, epitra, errata, errite, etrier, iatric, irater, irrate, irrite, pacate, pacier, pairer, parate, parcae, pareve, parica, pariet, parter, partie, patera, patria, pavier, pearce, peavie, pecite, peirce, peract, pereia, perite, periti, perrie, perter, petara, peteca, petrie, picara, piecer, pierce, pierre, pietic, pirate, pirrie, pitara, pitier, prater, pratie, preace, preter, pricer, prieve, privet, pteria, pteric, racier, rapier, rapter, reaper, rearii, reaver, recart, recept, recipe, recite, reiter, reiver, repace, repair, repart, repave, repeat, rerate, retape, retare, retear, retier, retira, retire, retrip, revert, revive, ricier, riever, ripier, taipei, taiver, tarrie, tarvia, tearer, tercer, tercia, terrie, tierce, tierer, tipree, tracer, triace, tricae, tricar, tricep, trivia, vacate, vairee, variac, varier, verier, verite, vertep, verver, vervet, viatic, vicara, vipera, vitric, vivace
5 Letter Words for Prevaricative
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, cirri, 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, icier, 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, pirai, 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, varve, vatic, verpa, verre, verve, veter, vicar, vicia, viper, vitae, vitra, vivat, viver, vraic
4 Letter Words for Prevaricative
aarp, acer, acpt, acre, acta, aire, airt, aivr, apar, aper, apia, apii, 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, itai, 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, viva, vive
3 Letter Words for Prevaricative
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, vav, vcr, vee, vei, ver, vet, via, vic, vie, vii, vip
Definitions for Prevaricative
[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 Prevaricative
prevaricatetricky, wily, sneaky, shrewd, slippery, cagey, crafty, collusive, crooked, cunning, devious, dishonest, duplicitous, elusive, evasive, fly-by-night, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, insidious
Words nearby Prevaricative
prevaricateprevailing, prevailing westerlies, prevailing wind, prevalence, prevalent, prevaricate, prevarication, prevaricator, prevenient, prevenient grace, prevent
Origin of Prevaricative
e1575–85; < 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 Prevaricative
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 Prevaricative
eC16: from Latin praevāricārī to walk crookedly, from prae beyond + vāricare to straddle the legs; compare Latin vārus bent
Synonyms for Prevaricative
cagey, crafty, shrewd, slippery, sneaky, tricky, wily, collusive, conniving, contriving, crooked, cunning, devious, dishonest, dodging, duplicitous, elusive, equivocating, evasive, fly-by-night, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, insidious, lying, mendacious, prevaricatory, roguish, scheming, shady, shuffling, slick, slimy, sly, treacherous, underhand, unhonest, unprincipled, untruthful