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Mealymouthed Adj Indirect Speech Hypocritical Evasive Jill Directly

Word mealymouthed
Part of Speech ADJ.
Definition indirect in speech; hypocritical; evasive.
Sentence Rather than tell Jill directly what he disliked, Jack made a few mealymouthed comments and tried to change the subject.

Tags: psat

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