x is hedging (beating around the bush)
1quibble — n 1. equivocation, prevarication, evasion, dodge, elusion, avoidance; shuffling, shifting, hedging, beating around the bush; qualification, compromise, cop out; ambiguity, amphibology, vagueness, indefiniteness, indistinctness, indeterminateness; …
2equivocation — n prevarication, evasion, quibble, dodge, elusion, avoidance; shuffling, shifting, hedging, beating around the bush; qualification, compromise, cop out; ambiguity, amphibology, vagueness, indefiniteness, indistinctness, indeterminateness;… …
3fencing — n 1. swordplay, swordsmanship, fence. 2. hedging, beating around the bush, qualification, prevarication, quibble, equivocation; evasion, dodge, elusion, avoidance; tergiversation, vacillation; doublespeak, double talk, palter, weasel words …
4quirk — n 1. idiosyncrasy, idiocrasy, particularity, singularity, rarity; peculiarity, oddity, curiosity, warp; abnormality, aberration, aberrance, aberrancy, freak, anomaly, Rare. anomalism; irregularity, variation, deviation, discrepancy, exception;… …
5evasion — noun 1) the evasion of immigration control Syn: avoidance, elusion, circumvention, dodging, sidestepping 2) she grew tired of all the evasion Syn: prevarication, evasiveness, beating around the bush, hedging, pussyfooting …
6Enron scandal — The Enron scandal was a financial scandal involving Enron Corporation Former (NYSE ticker symbol: ENE) and its accounting firm Arthur Andersen, that was revealed in late 2001. After a series of revelations involving irregular accounting… …
7Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
8Afghanistan — Islamic Republic of Afghanistan جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان Jomhūrī ye Eslāmī ye Afġānistān (Persian) د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت Da Afġānistān Islāmī Jomhoriyat …
