temporize

verbCommon GRE wordMore T words

to stall or act evasively in order to gain time or avoid committing oneself

In a sentence

Temporize in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing temporize in a sentence.

Unwilling to refuse outright, the minister chose to temporize until the crisis passed.

Synonyms

stalldelayprocrastinate

Antonyms

commitdecide

Keep going

understood or implied without being openly stated

habitually reserved and uncommunicative in speech

only loosely relevant; diverging from the main point

perceptible by touch or concrete enough to be grasped

to twist together into a confused or knotted mass

equivalent in effect or value to something else

to dull or damage the luster, reputation, or purity of something

needlessly repeating an idea using different words

Common questions

Temporize (verb) means to stall or act evasively in order to gain time or avoid committing oneself

Here is temporize used in an example sentence: "Unwilling to refuse outright, the minister chose to temporize until the crisis passed."

Common synonyms for temporize include stall, delay, procrastinate.

Antonyms of temporize include commit, decide.

Temporize is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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