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ter·giv·er·sate
 tergiversate
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- pronunciation:
- t
 r
jih
vr
seIt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
tergiversates, tergiversating, tergiversated |
| definition 1: |
to cause doubt or be intentionally ambiguous; equivocate.
- similar words:
- equivocate
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| definition 2: |
to change or abandon what one has believed, advocated, or practiced; become a renegade.
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| related words: |
shilly-shally, swing, turn, vacillate, waver |
| derivations: |
tergiversation (n.), tergiversator (n.) |
The word tergiversate
contains the following part:
vers, vert
Latin
root
that means to turn; to be occupied with
  Example words:
adversary, adversative, adverse, adversity, advert, advertent, advertise, advertisement, animadversion, animadvert, anniversary, averse, aversion, avert, controversial, controversy, controvert, conversable, conversant, conversation, converse1, convert, converter, convertible, covert, divers, diverse, diversify, diversion, diversity, divert, divorce, eversion, evert, extraversion, extroversion, extrovert, inadvertence, inadvertent, intervertebral, introversion, introvert, inverse, inversion, invert, invertebrate, inverter, irreversible, malversation, obverse, perverse, perversion, perversity, pervert, reconvert, revers, reversal, reverse, reversible, reversion, revert, subversion, subvert, tergiversate, transversal, transverse, traverse, universalism, universality, universe, university, versatile, versatility, verse, versicle, version, verso, versus, vertebral, vertebrate, vertex, vertical, verticil, vertiginous, vice versa, vortex
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