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121vacillate — verb /ˈvæ.sə.leɪt,ˈvæ.sɪ.leɪt/ a) To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate. Its [the barometers] normal register in the Paumotus [the Tuamotus] was 29.90, and it was quite customary to see it vacillate between 29.85 and 30.00, or… …
122alternate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. substitute, stand in, proxy. v. take turns, change, vacillate. See oscillation, interchange, discontinuance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Alternative] Syn. alternative, substitute, makeshift, other; see …
123change — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Alteration Nouns 1. change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, innovation, metastasis; transition; menopause; deviation, flux, turn; shift; diversion, break; reform,… …
124hesitate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. falter, waiver, shrink, demur; pause. See doubt, stammering, unwillingness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. falter, stutter, fluctuate, vacillate, pause, stop, hold off, hold back, be dubious, be uncertain …
125waver — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. vacillate, fluctuate, hesitate; sway, tremble, totter; undulate; teeter. See doubt, oscillation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. fluctuate, vacillate, hesitate, dillydally, seesaw, deliberate, reel, teeter …
126vacillate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To totter] Syn. waver, sway, stagger; see reel , totter 2 . 2. [To hesitate] Syn. fluctuate, dawdle, falter; see hesitate , pause . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [VAS uh LATE] to waver or be indecisive.… …
127oscillate — v 1. vibrate, move to and fro, swing, move backward and forward, come and go, librate, move from side to side, ebb and flow, seesaw, wigwag. 2. fluctuate, vacillate, waver, vary, yo yo, teeter totter; about face, change, change one s mind, Brit.… …
128vacillate — v 1. shilly shally, tergiversate, seesaw, Inf. flip flop, Inf. yo yo; oscillate, fluctuate, go back and forth, blow hot and cold, keep changing one s mind; dither, waver, falter, hesitate, pause, be irresolute, be indecisive, straddle the fence,… …
