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  • 121unsteady — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fluctuating, waving, shifting, vacillating, irresolute, shaky, tottery, wobbly, infirm. See inequality, changeableness, agitation. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Wobbly] Syn. unstable, wiggly, wavering …

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  • 122vagrant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tramp, hobo (see vagabond). adj. wandering, aimless, wayward, roving; erratic, capricious. See travel, populace. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having no home] Syn. roaming, itinerant, nomadic, homeless;… …

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  • 123variable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. changeable, alterable; inconstant. See changeableness, irregularity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. inconstant, fickle, mutable, shifting, unsteady, fitful; see also changeable 2 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 124wanton — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lewd, licentious, loose, dissolute, immoral; frolicsome, abandoned, capricious, willful; wild; heartless, malicious; heedless, reckless, wayward, perverse; luxuriant, rampant, exuberant. See… …

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  • 125mercurial — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. variable, fluctuating, inconstant; see changeable 1 , 2 , irregular 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [mur KYOOR ee ul] quick or quick to change, volatile. She was known for her fickle, mercurial… …

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  • 126unpredictable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. random, inconstant, variable; see changeable 1 , 2 , irregular 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. unforeseeable, *iffy, left to chance, impossible to predict, uncertain, unsure, *up in the air, random, changeable,… …

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  • 127Changeableness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Changeableness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 changeableness changeableness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 mutability mutability inconstancy Sgm: N 1 versatility versatility mobility Sgm: N 1 instability instability unstable e …

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  • 128Irresolution — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Irresolution >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 irresolution irresolution infirmity of purpose indecision Sgm: N 1 indetermination indetermination undetermination Sgm: N 1 unsettlement unsettlement Sgm: N 1 uncertainty… …

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