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evasiveness

nounCommon GRE wordMore E words

the tendency to avoid giving direct answers or firm commitments

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Evasiveness in a sentence

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His evasiveness during the interview only deepened the panel's doubts.

Synonyms
equivocationelusivenessindirectness
Antonyms
directnesscandor
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Evasiveness (noun) means the tendency to avoid giving direct answers or firm commitments
Here is evasiveness used in an example sentence: "His evasiveness during the interview only deepened the panel's doubts."
Common synonyms for evasiveness include equivocation, elusiveness, indirectness.
Antonyms of evasiveness include directness, candor.
Evasiveness is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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