vacillate
to waver between choices or opinions
Root
- vacill: sway, waver, or move unsteadily
Other words with the vacill root
- vacillating: wavering or unable to settle
- vacillation: wavering between choices or opinions
Vacillate is mental swaying: the decision rocks back and forth instead of landing.
She vacillated between two answers until the timer made the choice for her.
A vacillating mind does not simply change; it sways back and forth.