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Vacillate   /vˈæsəlˌeɪt/   Listen
Vacillate

verb
(past & past part. vacillated; pres. part. vacillating)
1.
Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action.  Synonyms: hover, oscillate, vibrate.
2.
Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern.  Synonyms: fluctuate, waver.






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"Vacillate" Quotes from Famous Books



... care. There is a frightful bogus sumptuousness about the place that causes a painful impression—balconies of hollow iron badly fixed to the wall; trumpery locks, already rotten round the fastenings, upon which vacillate, on three nails, horrible ornaments of embossed brass that are becoming covered with verdigris; shutters painted grey that are getting out of joint, not because they are worm-eaten, but because they were made of green wood by ...
— The Memoirs of Victor Hugo • Victor Hugo



Words linked to "Vacillate" :   fluctuate, vacillation, swing, vacillator, vacillant, waffle, oscillate, hesitate, shillyshally, hover, waver



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