transcription, транскрипция: [ prɪværɪkeɪt ]
( prevaricates, prevaricating, prevaricated)
If you prevaricate , you avoid giving a direct answer or making a firm decision.
British ministers continued to prevaricate.
VERB : V
• pre‧vari‧ca‧tion
(prevarications)
After months of prevarication, the political decision had at last been made.
N-UNCOUNT : also N in pl