Today's Word "Tergiversate"
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tergiversate \tehr-GI-vehr-seyt\ (verb) - Abandon a cause or reverse one's position on something.
"When President Bush the Elder said 'Read my lips: no new taxes,' he later tergiversated on the issue."
Latin tergiversatus, past participle of tergiversor "to turn one's back" hence "to decline or refuse" from tergum "back" + versare "to turn."
