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vacillate

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈvæ.sə.leɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aaceilltvStarts with VEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern

Word origin

From Latin vacillātum, supine form of vacillō (“sway, waver”). By surface analysis, Latin vacill- + -ate.

Used in a sentence

  • Its [the barometer's] 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 even 30.05; […]
  • Though it is vital to be alert for circumstances which require a change of plan, it is fatal to vacillate.
  • On the streets of Berlin, Ruth and her compatriots vacillated "between hope and despair."

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