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Vacillate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Vacillate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

"He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"

2

move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern

"the line on the monitor vacillated"

3

To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
hesitate swing
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
shillyshally
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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