Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
FLUCTUATES
Verb
fluctuates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluctuate
Source: Wiktionary
FLUCTUATE
Fluc"tu*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fluctuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fluctuating.] Etym: [L. fluctuatus, p.p. of fluctuare, to wave, fr. fluctus wave, fr. fluere, fluctum, to flow. See Fluent, and cf. Flotilla.]
1. To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air. Blackmore.
2. To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate.
Syn.
– To waver; vacillate; hesitate; scruple.
– To Fluctuate, Vacillate, Waver.
– Fluctuate is applied both to things and persons and denotes that they move as they are acted upon. The stocks fluctuate; a man fluctuates. between conflicting influences. Vacillate and waver are applied to persons to represent them as acting themselves. A man vacillates when he goes backward and forward in his opinions and purposes, without any fixity of mind or principles. A man wavers when he shrinks back or hesitates at the approach of difficulty or danger. One who is fluctuating in his feelings is usually vacillating in resolve, and wavering in execution.
Fluc"tu*ate, v. t.
Definition: To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion. [R.] And fluctuate all the still perfume. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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