TEMPORIZE

**﻿** definition: to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a descision; to compromise
 * TEMPORIZE** **(v.)**

// SYNONYMS: hedge, dillydally, procrastinate // // You might be thinking, " //// hedge? what? i thought that was like, a bush or shrub...huh?" When hedge is used as a verb it means to evade or delay. // // ANTONYMS : none﻿ //

In order to survive each day, Ishmael could not **__temporize__** to rest or waste any time in between villages of safety; a minute of dilly dallying could mean the difference between life or death, as rebels were always on the hunt for civilians to kill.

Porcastinators choose to **__temporize__** and delay thier tasks instead of acting and making descisions.

-julia

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