WordMap Version 2.0 - HigherStudyAbroad

would wreak the greatest havoc, so hinder you Satan Never," van S said. —
Alien Plot by Piers Anthony;
• (palter)- to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully, ( /
);
• to act carelessly; trifle, ( ); He mustn't palter, or trifle, or
shilly-shally about that iron certainty. — The Devil's Garden;
• (beat around the bush)- to avoid coming to the point; delay in approaching
a subject directly; Stop beating around the bush and tell me what you want;
• (jive)- Slang. insincere, pretentious, or deceptive; She lowered her lashes
and jived her tongue along the brim of her lip. — Another Roadside Attraction;
• swing music or early jazz;
• the jargon associated with swing music and early jazz;
• (mealymouthed)- Hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as
from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; He was a nasty man, mealymouthed and
hurtful for all his good looks. — Journey Into Love;
equivocal = evasive = sphinx-like = ambiguous ~ indeterminate : elliptical
{oval} > ellipsis
• (equivocal)- allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a
word or phrase, esp. with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of
double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous, ( ); This judge was
never equivocal, and I assumed the adjournment was so that she could write
an opinion on this still-evolving area of the law. — Death Dance - Fairstein;
• (evasive)- tending or seeking to evade, ( / - );
• intentionally vague or ambiguous; equivocal;
• not frank; eluding; The man had been evasive, and the bracelet interpreted
that as a lie. — Reality Check by Piers Anthony;
• (sphinx-like)- enigmatic; mysterious; His face was still sphinx-like but there
was a speculative look in his shrewd eyes. — The Man from the Bitter Roots;
• (ambiguous)- open to or having several possible meanings or
interpretations; equivocal,( / ); He
maintained that it was obscure and ambiguous, and discordant with the
private treaty made with Sweden. — The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned
Hugo Grotius;
• (indeterminate)- not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite;
uncertain, ( ; ; ); His age was indeterminate, his
attitude barely civil. — For Love of Mother-Not;
• (elliptical)- (of a style of speaking or writing) tending to be ambiguous,
cryptic, or obscure; The short series is trippy and elliptical, a favorite among
those who enjoy a weird intellectual puzzle. — Asimov's SF - February2006;