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Vacillating is what Katy Perry is complaining about in "Hot N Cold:"
In Latin, vacillare means "to stagger, to totter, or to sway to and fro." It entered English in the late 1500s.
Part of speech:
"Vacillate" is a formal, semi-common word. It has a slightly negative tone.
"Josie seems perpetually lacerated with impatience and self-doubt, vacillating between a restless urge to keep moving and a weariness with life on the road."
Explain the meaning of "vacillate" without saying "hesitate" or "go back and forth."
In his autobiography, Nelson Mandela noted: "Life has a way of forcing decisions on those who vacillate."
Try to spend 20 seconds or more on the game below. Don’t skip straight to the review—first, let your working memory empty out.
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A near opposite of VACILLATE is
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