6
linger(verb, delay, stay, pause, idle)
6
quaver(verb, shake, pause, sway, hesitate)
6
roll(verb, shake, pause, swing, sway)
6
shuffle(verb, move, change, remove, turn)
6
tremble(verb, touch, twist, shake, fly)
5
dawdle(verb, delay, stay, idle, remain)
5
flicker(verb, touch, shake, swing, shoot)
5
flounder(shake, pause, hesitate, stumble, falter)
5
librate(verb, move, swing, hesitate, waver)
5
pendulate(verb, swing, sway, rock, hesitate)
5
pitch(verb, break, throw, evolution)
5
quake(verb, move, shake, swing, waver)
5
teeter-totter(verb, swing, oscillate, disbalance)
5
whiffle(verb, pause, sway, vary, hesitate)
4
boggle(verb, stick, pause, shy, hesitate)
4
chop and change(verb, expression, idiom, doubt, hesitate)
4
dillydally(verb, delay, stay, pause, idle)
4
faltering(adjective, doubt, undecided, unresolved)
4
fence(verb, waver, fluctuate, vibrate)
4
hedge(verb, pause, hesitate, ponder, stumble)
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