9
hesitate(verb, change, delay, alter, object)
8
equivocate(verb, stop, issue, avoid, shift)
8
falter(verb, pause, hesitate, stumble, waver)
8
stammer(verb, pause, hesitate, stumble, falter)
7
vacillate(verb, move, change, remove, turn)
6
pause(verb, object, doubt, protest, disagree)
6
tergiversate(verb, stop, avoid, escape, pause)
6
waffle(verb, move, stop, change, remove)
5
fluctuate(verb, move, stop, change, remove)
5
hedge(verb, stop, avoid, escape, pause)
5
hum and haw(verb, expression, idiom, hesitate)
5
prevaricate(verb, avoid, shift, escape, lie)
5
shift(verb, move, stop, change, alter)
5
shilly-shally(verb, change, delay, alter, avoid)
5
shuffle(verb, move, change, remove, turn)
5
waver(verb, change, alter, object, doubt)
4
dodge(verb, avoid, escape, frustrate, lie)
4
fence(verb, avoid, shift, escape, lie)
4
oscillate(verb, stop, change, alter, pause)
4
pussyfoot(verb, stop, object, avoid, doubt)
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