新GRE詞匯復習資料:vacillation

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vacillate: 猶豫; to waver in mind, will, or feeling
    1) to sway physically; to be indecisive
    2) to sway or fluctuate; to waver in feeling or hesitate in making a decision 
    3) to waver; to sway back and forth; to fluctuate or oscillate;
    4) to waver in attitude; show indecision
    5) to waver; to sway indecisively
    相近詞匯: oscillate, stagger, swing; alternate, hedge, pause, dither, falter, fluctuate, oscillate, waver
    vacillation <>resolution
    vacillate <>equipoise, stand firm, resolve firmly, resolute
    vacillate : indecision = bristle : anger
    1. The customer held up the line as he vacillated between ordering chocolate chip or rocky road ice cream.
    2. Roberta vacillated for so long that by the time she decided to go to the show, the tickets were all sold out.
    3. It is not unusual for one’s position on an issue to vacillate as more and better information becomes available.
    4. Homer and Marge often vacillate on where to go for their summer vacation.
    vacillating, vacillation
    -equipoise:
    to equal or offset in weight; balance. Vacillate: to sway unsteadily; waver; totter; stagger.
    vacillation constancy
    vacillation impetuosity
    vacillation motionless balance
    vacillation pertinacity
    vacillation <>decisiveness, pertinacity
    pompous : pontificate irresolute : vacillate 同義
    unswerved : vacillate capricious/whimsical/headlong : deliberate 反義
    irresolute: vacillate pompous: pontificate
    vacillate <>decisiveness, equipoise
    <>resolute(/ decide / settle / adamant /
    vacillation <>decisiveness, pertinacity
    <>constancy / persistence / impetuosity