VACILLATE

fluctuate, vacillate, waver

(verb) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; “the line on the monitor vacillated”

hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate

(verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; “He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

vacillate (third-person singular simple present vacillates, present participle vacillating, simple past and past participle vacillated)

(intransitive) To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate.

(intransitive) To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

Synonyms

• (to sway from one side to the other): stagger

• (to swing indecisively): blow hot and cold, waffle

Anagrams

• cavatelli, laticlave

Source: Wiktionary

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Vac"il*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vacillated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vacillating.] Etym: [L. vacillare, vacillatum; cf. Skr. vañc.]

1. To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver. [A spheroid] is always liable to shift and vacillatefrom one axis to another. Paley.

2. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver.

Syn.

– See Fluctuate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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