1. to act or speak in a misleading or evasive manner   procrastinate   prevaricate   2. to come before in time or order   proceed   precede   3. most important; chief   principle   principal   4. against   verses   versus   5. shrivel; wilt   whither   wither   6. to what place   wither   whither   7. full of twists and turns; complicated   torturous   tortuous