Prevarication became the order of the day in his government while truth was a stranger in those halls.
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Prevarication
/pɹɪˌvæɹ.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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Noun(6 words)
exaggerationfairy talefalse coloringfalse swearingfalsehoodfalsificationfalsifyingfalsityfarfetched storyfarragofencingfibfictionfish storyflamflannelflimflamghost storyhairsplittinghalf truth
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libellielittle white lielogic choppinglogic-choppingmendacitymiscoloringmisconstructionmisrepresentationmisstatementmythnit pickingnit-pickingpalteringparryingperjuryperversionpettifoggerypious fictionpussyfooting
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quibblingromanceshiftingshuffleshufflingsidesteppingslight stretchingsongstorystrainingsubterfugesuppressio veritaletall storytall taletaradiddletergiversationtrichoschistismtrumped-up storyuntruthweasel wordweasel wordswhite lieyarn
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6 entriesdegree of prevaricationdeliberate prevaricationevidence of prevaricationhabitual prevaricationpolitical prevaricationverbal prevarication
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The trumpet—vvill it ſound? the curtain riſe? And ſhow th' auguſt tribunal of the ſkies, / VVhere no prevarication ſhall avail, / VVhere eloquence and artifice ſhall fail, […]
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The prevarication and white lies which a mind that keeps itself ambitiously pure is as uneasy under as a great artist under the false touches that no eye detects but his own, are worn as lightly as mere trimmings when once the actions have become a lie.
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Mr Rajoy frustrates many with his prevarication over a fresh euro-zone bail-out, which now comes with a conditional promise from the European Central Bank (ECB) to help bring down Spain’s stifling borrowing costs.
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