palter vs prevaricate

palter and prevaricate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
palter	No	No	Yes	No
prevaricate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, palter and prevaricate are synonyms defined as:

palter and prevaricate: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

Other synonyms of palter include beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate.

palter (verb)	prevaricate (verb)
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information	be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information