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equivocation

nounCommon GRE wordMore E words

the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or avoid commitment

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In a sentence

Equivocation in a sentence

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His answer was full of equivocation, satisfying no one.

Synonyms
evasionprevaricationambiguity
Antonyms
directnesscandorfrankness

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Verbal · Text Completion

Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.

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Equivocation (noun) means the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or avoid commitment
Here is equivocation used in an example sentence: "His answer was full of equivocation, satisfying no one."
Common synonyms for equivocation include evasion, prevarication, ambiguity.
Antonyms of equivocation include directness, candor, frankness.
Equivocation is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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