Vacillate (verb)
vas-il-ate
Waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.
An archaic word first used in the late 16th century and taken from the latin Vacillat; to sway.
Example sentences
“Watch her, she’ll vacillate for so long she’ll run out of time and come away with nothing.”
“I vacillate between thinking their candidate is insane and just downright dangerous..”
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