paltering
41palter — /ˈpɔltə/ (say pawltuh) verb (i) 1. to talk or act insincerely; equivocate; deal crookedly. 2. to haggle. 3. to trifle: *inwardly he had a profound suspicion that the tall man was paltering with the truth –norman lindsay, 1913. {compare obsolete… …
42mendacious — [adj] dishonest deceitful, deceptive, duplicitous, equivocating, erroneous, fallacious, false, fibbing, fraudulent, insincere, lying, paltering, perfidious, perjured, prevaricating, shifty, spurious, untrue, untruthful, wrong; concept 267 Ant.… …
43beat around the bush — verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information • Syn: ↑equivocate, ↑tergiversate, ↑prevaricate, ↑palter • Derivationally related forms: ↑paltering (for: ↑palter), ↑ …
44fabrication — noun 1. writing in a fictional form • Syn: ↑fictionalization, ↑fictionalisation • Derivationally related forms: ↑fictionalise (for: ↑fictionalisation), ↑fictionalize ( …
45prevarication — noun 1. intentionally vague or ambiguous • Syn: ↑equivocation, ↑evasiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑evasive (for: ↑evasiveness), ↑prevaricate, ↑equivocate …
