tergiversation

nounCommon GRE wordMore T words

the act of evading by shifting one's position or deserting a stance previously held

In a sentence

Tergiversation in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing tergiversation in a sentence.

His constant tergiversation on the issue left supporters unsure of what he actually believed.

Synonyms

Antonyms

constancysteadfastness

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

Tergiversation (noun) means the act of evading by shifting one's position or deserting a stance previously held

Here is tergiversation used in an example sentence: "His constant tergiversation on the issue left supporters unsure of what he actually believed."

Common synonyms for tergiversation include equivocation, vacillation, apostasy.

Antonyms of tergiversation include constancy, steadfastness.

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

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.