This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it.
This week’s closing word:
Pronounced: (PAUL-terr)
Verb:
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
From Vocabulary.com: “Palter is an unusual word for a common thing: speaking or writing in a way that bamboozles others. Politicians are paltering experts: they palter when they leave out important information or use euphemisms to confuse voters.”
Example:
“When I asked the seller if he had permits for the renovations he began to palter, and I knew we were in trouble.”
