Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Vacillate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
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.
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