Vacillate Definition

vacillate
verb
  1. be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
  2. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"

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