1. to hesitate or waver in giving an opinion or making a decision; be indecisive.The leaders vacillated and wasted precious time, thereby allowing the enemy to regroup. 2. to sway, fluctuate, or…
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Words of the week
Here are the words of the day for the past week. With the Wordsmyth Vocabulary Center activities, you can study these words, play games with them, and assess your knowledge of their…
WOTD: callous
adjective 1. insensitive; unfeeling; hardhearted.Their unwillingness to help showed a callous disregard for the suffering of others.The war had made the him callous, and he felt no sympathy for the plight of…
WOTD: wean
transitive verb 1. to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than milk consumed by suckling.Because of her illness, the mother weaned the baby early. 2. to cause to be…
WOTD: bequeath
transitive verb 1. to leave or dispose of (property) by a will.He bequeathed his entire estate to his daughter. 2. pass on or transfer, as to one of a younger generation.He bequeathed…