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41waver — waver1 waverer, n. waveringly, adv. /way veuhr/, v.i. 1. to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze. 2. to flicker or quiver, as light: A distant beam wavered and then disappeared. 3. become unsteady; begin to fail or give way:… …
42falter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. hesitate, waver, hang back, vacillate; shuffle, stumble, totter; stammer. See doubt, slowness, stammering, failure, hopelessness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. waver, vacillate, flounder; see hesitate ,… …
43alternate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. substitute, stand in, proxy. v. take turns, change, vacillate. See oscillation, interchange, discontinuance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Alternative] Syn. alternative, substitute, makeshift, other; see …
44fluctuate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. alternate, wave, vacillate, vary, shift. See changeableness, oscillation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To be continually changing] Syn. vacillate, waver, shift, vary; see alternate 2 , hesitate . 2. [To… …
45shilly-shally — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. vacillate, waver; dawdle, loiter. See uncertainty, inactivity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. falter, waver, fluctuate; see hesitate , pause . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. hesitate, wave, vacillate,… …
46teeter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. seesaw, rock, sway, totter, tremble; hesitate, vacillate. See oscillation, doubt. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. tremble precariously, seesaw, totter, wobble, sway, waver, dangle, reel, stagger, quiver,… …
47wobble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. roll, rock, stagger, reel, lurch, yaw, sway; teeter, totter, flounder; hesitate, waver, quaver. See oscillation, agitation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shake, quaver, flounder, vacillate, tremble, quiver …
48hesitate — hesitate, waver, vacillate, falter all mean to show irresolution or uncertainty. Hesitate, the general term, usually implies a pause or other sign of indecision before one makes up one s mind what to do, say, or choose {I have for many months… …
49Totter — Tot ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tottered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tottering}.] [Probably for older tolter; cf. AS. tealtrian to totter, vacillate. Cf.{Tilt} to incline, {Toddle}, {Tottle}, {Totty}.] 1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to… …
50Tottered — Totter Tot ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tottered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tottering}.] [Probably for older tolter; cf. AS. tealtrian to totter, vacillate. Cf.{Tilt} to incline, {Toddle}, {Tottle}, {Totty}.] 1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to… …
