how to pronounce prevaricate

/pɹəˈvɛɹəkɛɪt/

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prevaricate is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of prevaricate in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… after skating prevaricate now in the …”

meanings of prevaricate

verb:

To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.

prevaricate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word prevaricate occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics prevaricate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that prevaricate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;