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VACILLATE
(verb) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
"the line on the monitor vacillated"
synonyms : fluctuate , waver(verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
"He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
synonyms : hover , oscillate , vibrate
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Mnemonics for vacillate
(Tag: ) sounds like OScillate..so something which moves from one position to another position.
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(Tag: ) Vacillate sounds like agitate... vacillate means to be undecided and agitate is to worry... in both, you are in a sense of confusion.
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(Tag: ) VaCILLAte. 'Cilia' in your lungs move back and forth to clean up dust
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Origin
From the past participle stem of Latin vaccillare “to sway, totter.”] added by bimal03
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