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vacillate(verb, delay, dispute, alter, challenge)
10
waver(verb, dispute, alter, challenge, doubt)
9
dawdle(verb, cool, delay, wait)
8
fluctuate(verb, change, dispute, alter, challenge)
7
delay(noun, verb, weakness, doubt)
7
dither(verb, decide, stall, falter)
7
equivocate(verb, avoid, dodge, evade)
7
pause(noun, verb, act, cool, delay)
7
procrastinate(verb, delay, put, wait)
6
falter(verb, decide, limp, waver)
6
halt(verb, decide, stall, falter)
6
linger(verb, cool, delay, wait)
5
alternate(verb, change, alter, adjust, range)
5
dally(verb, cool, delay, wait)
5
hem and haw(verb, expression, idiom, change, delay)
5
loiter(verb, cool, delay, wait)
5
wobble(verb, decide, falter, vacillate)
4
dilly-dally(verb, delay, linger, falter)
4
drag(cool, delay, postpone, dawdle)
4
lag(verb, cool, delay, postpone)
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