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  2. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    prevaricate, procrastinate, and prognosticate. To prevaricate is to avoid telling the truth. To procrastinate is to put off doing something that must be done. [69] To prognosticate is to predict or prophesy. principal and principle. Principal is an adjective meaning "main" (though it can also be a noun meaning the head of a college or similar ...

  3. Prevarication - Wikipedia

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  4. Lie - Wikipedia

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    The fictional character Pinocchio is a common depiction of a liar.. A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving or misleading someone.

  5. Beat about the Bush - Wikipedia

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    Guest musician Vladimir Vega plays two Andean instruments on the album, including the charango (pictured). Mike Trim's successful recording engineer work on Show of Hands Live lead to his and the duo's joint vision on Beat About the Bush to produce an elusive "radio friendly" folk/roots album that retained the band's live sound whilst adding a rhythm section. [4]

  6. Wikipedia : Featured article candidates/Francis Nash/archive1

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    Given that so little is known of his personal life, it adds some information, though the information is speculative. The sources from which I cite prevaricate on the gender of the child, but most (particularly the one cited) believe it was a son. The "possibly" just indicates to the reader that the sources don't know with any certainty.

  7. Liar paradox - Wikipedia

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    In philosophy and logic, the classical liar paradox or liar's paradox or antinomy of the liar is the statement of a liar that they are lying: for instance, declaring that "I am lying".

  8. List of Greek and Latin roots in English/V - Wikipedia

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    Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples vac-empty: Latin: vacare: evacuate, vacancy, vacant, vacate, vacation, vacuous, vacuum vacc-

  9. Predicate (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    The term predicate is used in two ways in linguistics and its subfields. The first defines a predicate as everything in a standard declarative sentence except the subject, and the other defines it as only the main content verb or associated predicative expression of a clause.