p 3 r 1 e 1 v 4 a 1 r 1 i 1 c 3 a 1 t 1 e 1
11 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
originBorrowed from Latin praevāricātus, perfect active participle of praevāricor (“to walk crookedly; to play a false or double part”), from prae- + vāricō (“to stand with feet apart, straddle”), from vāricus (“with feet spread apart”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- precative 16
- reparative 15
- precavae 15
- privateer 14
- captive 14
- precava 14
- acervate 13
- creative 13
- privater 13
- reactive 13
- vicarate 13
- recarpet 12