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  • 61untrue — [adj] dishonest apocryphal, cheating, counterfactual, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, deviant, disloyal, dissembling, distorted, erroneous, faithless, fallacious, false, fictitious, forsworn, hollow, imprecise, inaccurate, inconstant, incorrect,… …

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  • 62pull one's finger out — ► pull one s finger out Brit. informal cease prevaricating and start to act. Main Entry: ↑finger …

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  • 63stall — ► NOUN 1) a stand, booth, or compartment for the sale of goods in a market. 2) an individual compartment for an animal in a stable or cowshed, enclosed on three sides. 3) a stable or cowshed. 4) (also starting stall) a cage like compartment in… …

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  • 64prevaricate — [pri var′i kāt΄] vi. prevaricated, prevaricating [< L praevaricatus, pp. of praevaricari, to prevaricate, lit., to walk crookedly < prae , before + varicare, to straddle < varicus, straddling < varus, bent apart < IE base * wa > …

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  • 65evasion — n. 1 the act or a means of evading. 2 a a subterfuge or prevaricating excuse. b an evasive answer. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L evasio onis (as EVADE) …

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  • 66finger — n. & v. n. 1 any of the terminal projections of the hand (including or excluding the thumb). 2 the part of a glove etc. intended to cover a finger. 3 a a finger like object (fish finger). b a long narrow structure. 4 colloq. a measure of liquor… …

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  • 67pre|var|i|ca|tion — «pree VAR uh KAY shuhn», noun. the act of prevaricating; turning aside from the truth; lie …

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