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   palter

   /ˈpɔːltə/

   verb

   • 1. equivocate or prevaricate in action or speech: "if you palter or double in your answers, I will have thee hung alive in an iron chain"
   • 2. trifle with: "this great work should not be paltered with"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘mumble or babble’): of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. palterer noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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