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Dictionary definition and meaning for vacillate

VACILLATE

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  • (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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  • (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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