vacillator
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vac·il·late
(văs′ə-lāt′)intr.v. vac·il·lat·ed, vac·il·lat·ing, vac·il·lates
1. To be unable to choose between different courses of action or opinions; waver: She vacillated about whether to leave.
2. To change between one state and another; fluctuate: The weather vacillated between sunny and rainy.
3. Archaic To sway from one side to the other.
[Latin vacillāre, vacillāt-, to waver.]
vac′il·lat′ing·ly adv.
vac′il·la′tion n.
vac′il·la′tor n.
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Noun | 1. | vacillator - one who hesitates (usually out of fear) coward - a person who shows fear or timidity |
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