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| vacillate(delay, dispute, alter, challenge) | |
| hesitate(delay, dispute, challenge, doubt) | |
| waver(dispute, alter, challenge, doubt) | |
| dawdle(cool, delay, wait, hesitate) | |
| fluctuate(change, dispute, alter, challenge) | |
| delay(noun, weakness, doubt, hesitate) | |
| dither(decide, hesitate, stall, falter) | |
| equivocate(avoid, dodge, hesitate, evade) | |
| pause(noun, act, cool, delay) | |
| procrastinate(delay, put, wait, hesitate) | |
| tergiversate(avoid, dodge, evade, falter) | |
| falter(decide, hesitate, limp, waver) | |
| halt(decide, hesitate, stall, falter) | |
| linger(cool, delay, wait, hesitate) | |
| alternate(change, alter, adjust, range) | |
| dally(cool, delay, wait, hesitate) | |
| hem and haw(expression, idiom, change, delay) | |
| loiter(cool, delay, wait, hesitate) | |
| wobble(decide, hesitate, falter, vacillate) | |
| dilly-dally(delay, hesitate, linger, falter) |
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