1255 lines
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1255 lines
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"wabble":{
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"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
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"examples":[
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"the patient's hand wobbles so much that he can scarcely hold a glass of water"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agitate",
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"bucket",
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"convulse",
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"jerk",
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"jiggle",
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"joggle",
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"jolt",
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"jounce",
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"judder",
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"quake",
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"quiver",
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"shake",
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"shudder",
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"vibrate"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"rock",
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"sway",
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"swing",
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"chatter",
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"quaver",
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"shiver",
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"thrill",
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"tremble",
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"twitch",
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"dodder",
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"waver",
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"flicker",
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"fluctuate",
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"flutter",
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"oscillate",
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"undulate",
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"wave",
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"beat",
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"palpitate",
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"pit-a-pat",
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"pitter-patter",
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"pulsate",
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"pulse",
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"throb"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
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"examples":[
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"the table wobbled whenever I leaned on it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"careen",
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"lurch",
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"pitch",
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"rock",
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"roll",
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"seesaw",
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"sway",
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"toss"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blunder",
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"buck",
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"dodder",
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"falter",
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"flounder",
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"halt",
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"hitch",
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"hobble",
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"jerk",
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"jolt",
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"reel",
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"shake",
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"stagger",
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"stumble",
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"teeter",
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"toddle",
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"totter",
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"tumble",
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"vacillate",
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"vibrate",
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"waddle",
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"waver",
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"weave",
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"oscillate",
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"undulate",
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"wag",
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"waggle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
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"examples":[
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"we cannot afford to have the governor wobble at this critical time"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"balance",
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"dither",
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"falter",
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"halt",
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"hang back",
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"hesitate",
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"scruple",
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"shilly-shally",
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"stagger",
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"teeter",
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"vacillate",
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"waver"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"haw",
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"hem",
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"dally",
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"dawdle",
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"delay",
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"linger",
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"pause",
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"procrastinate",
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"wait",
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"back down",
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"chicken (out)",
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"consider",
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"debate",
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"deliberate",
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"ponder",
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"weigh",
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"oscillate",
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"sway",
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"equivocate",
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"hedge",
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"pussyfoot",
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"waffle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decide",
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"budge",
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"stir",
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"advance",
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"continue"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"dive (in)",
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"plunge (in)"
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]
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},
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"to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{
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"examples":[
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"the drunk stood up, wobbled for a moment, and fell forward"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"falter",
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"rock",
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"teeter",
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"totter",
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"waver"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flounder",
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"lurch",
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"stumble",
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"toddle",
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"quake",
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"quaver",
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"quiver",
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"shake",
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"shudder",
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"tremble",
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"vibrate",
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"careen",
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"reel",
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"stagger",
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"weave"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in shake , vibration":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"agitation",
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"convulsing",
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"jolt",
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"quake",
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"shake",
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"tremor",
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"vibration",
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"quiver",
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"shiver",
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"shudder",
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"tremble",
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"fluctuation",
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"flutter",
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"oscillation",
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"wave",
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"beat",
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"palpitation",
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"pulsation",
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"pulse",
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"throb"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wabbled":{
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"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
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"examples":[
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"the patient's hand wobbles so much that he can scarcely hold a glass of water"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agitated",
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"bucketed",
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"convulsed",
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"jerked",
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"jiggled",
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"joggled",
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"jolted",
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"jounced",
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"juddered",
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"quaked",
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"quivered",
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"shook",
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"shuddered",
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"vibrated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"rocked",
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"swayed",
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"swung",
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"chattered",
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"quavered",
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"shivered",
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"thrilled",
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"trembled",
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"twitched",
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"doddered",
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"wavered",
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"flickered",
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"fluctuated",
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"fluttered",
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"oscillated",
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"undulated",
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"waved",
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"beat",
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"palpitated",
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"pit-a-patted",
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"pitter-pattered",
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"pulsated",
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"pulsed",
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"throbbed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
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"examples":[
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"the table wobbled whenever I leaned on it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"careened",
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"lurched",
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"pitched",
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"rocked",
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"rolled",
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"seesawed",
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"swayed",
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"tossed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blundered",
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"bucked",
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"doddered",
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"faltered",
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"floundered",
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"halted",
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"hitched",
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"hobbled",
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"jerked",
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"jolted",
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"reeled",
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"shook",
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"staggered",
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"stumbled",
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"teetered",
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"toddled",
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"tottered",
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"tumbled",
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"vacillated",
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"vibrated",
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"waddled",
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"wavered",
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"weaved",
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"oscillated",
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"undulated",
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"wagged",
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"waggled"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
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"examples":[
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"we cannot afford to have the governor wobble at this critical time"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"balanced",
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"dithered",
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"faltered",
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"halted",
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"hesitated",
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"hung back",
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"scrupled",
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"shilly-shallied",
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"staggered",
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"teetered",
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"vacillated",
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"wavered"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hawed",
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"hemmed",
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"dallied",
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"dawdled",
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"delayed",
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"lingered",
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"paused",
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"procrastinated",
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"waited",
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"backed down",
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"chickened (out)",
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"considered",
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"debated",
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"deliberated",
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"pondered",
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"weighed",
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"oscillated",
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"swayed",
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"equivocated",
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"hedged",
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"pussyfooted",
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"waffled"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decided",
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"budged",
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"stirred",
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"advanced",
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"continued"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"dived (in)",
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"dove (in)",
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"plunged (in)"
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]
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},
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"to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{
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"examples":[
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"the drunk stood up, wobbled for a moment, and fell forward"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"faltered",
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"rocked",
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"teetered",
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"tottered",
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"wavered"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"floundered",
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"lurched",
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"stumbled",
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"toddled",
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"quaked",
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"quavered",
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"quivered",
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"shook",
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"shuddered",
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"trembled",
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"vibrated",
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"careened",
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"reeled",
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"staggered",
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"weaved"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wabbling":{
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"marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements":{
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"examples":[
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"her wobbling gait is due to Parkinson's disease"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aquiver",
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"atremble",
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"quaking",
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"quavery",
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"quivering",
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"shaking",
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"shaky",
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"shuddering",
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"shuddery",
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"tottering",
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"tottery",
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"trembling",
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"trembly",
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"tremulous",
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"wobbly",
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"wabbly"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"convulsive",
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"shivering",
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"shivery",
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"rocky",
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"staggery",
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"unstable",
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"unsteady",
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"wavering",
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"wavery",
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"palpitating",
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"pulsating",
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"throbbing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"controlled",
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"firm",
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"settled",
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"stable",
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"steady"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action":{
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"examples":[
|
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"the mayor's apparent wobbling on the issue of increased property taxes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"faltering",
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"fence-sitting",
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"hesitance",
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"hesitancy",
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"hesitation",
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"indecision",
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"irresolution",
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"pause",
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"shilly-shally",
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"shilly-shallying",
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"vacillation",
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"wavering"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"delay",
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"hawing",
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||
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"procrastination",
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||
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"waiting",
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"arri\u00e8re-pens\u00e9e",
|
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"misgiving",
|
||
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"second thought",
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"consideration",
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"debate",
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"deliberation",
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"doubt",
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"incertitude",
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"indecisiveness",
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"indetermination",
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"uncertainness",
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"uncertainty",
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"avoidance",
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"equivocation",
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"aversion",
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"disinclination",
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"indisposition",
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"reluctance",
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"unwillingness",
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"faintheartedness",
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"shyness",
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"timidity",
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"timidness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"certainty",
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"certitude",
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||
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"confidence",
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"decisiveness",
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||
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"determination",
|
||
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"firmness",
|
||
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"resoluteness",
|
||
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"resolution",
|
||
|
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"sureness",
|
||
|
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"alacrity",
|
||
|
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"eagerness",
|
||
|
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"readiness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the patient's hand wobbles so much that he can scarcely hold a glass of water"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"agitating",
|
||
|
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"bucketing",
|
||
|
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"convulsing",
|
||
|
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"jerking",
|
||
|
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"jiggling",
|
||
|
|
"joggling",
|
||
|
|
"jolting",
|
||
|
|
"jouncing",
|
||
|
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"juddering",
|
||
|
|
"quaking",
|
||
|
|
"quivering",
|
||
|
|
"shaking",
|
||
|
|
"shuddering",
|
||
|
|
"vibrating"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"rocking",
|
||
|
|
"swaying",
|
||
|
|
"swinging",
|
||
|
|
"chattering",
|
||
|
|
"quavering",
|
||
|
|
"shivering",
|
||
|
|
"thrilling",
|
||
|
|
"trembling",
|
||
|
|
"twitching",
|
||
|
|
"doddering",
|
||
|
|
"wavering",
|
||
|
|
"flickering",
|
||
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
||
|
|
"fluttering",
|
||
|
|
"oscillating",
|
||
|
|
"undulating",
|
||
|
|
"waving",
|
||
|
|
"beating",
|
||
|
|
"palpitating",
|
||
|
|
"pit-a-patting",
|
||
|
|
"pitter-pattering",
|
||
|
|
"pulsating",
|
||
|
|
"pulsing",
|
||
|
|
"throbbing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the table wobbled whenever I leaned on it"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"careening",
|
||
|
|
"lurching",
|
||
|
|
"pitching",
|
||
|
|
"rocking",
|
||
|
|
"rolling",
|
||
|
|
"seesawing",
|
||
|
|
"swaying",
|
||
|
|
"tossing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blundering",
|
||
|
|
"bucking",
|
||
|
|
"doddering",
|
||
|
|
"faltering",
|
||
|
|
"floundering",
|
||
|
|
"halting",
|
||
|
|
"hitching",
|
||
|
|
"hobbling",
|
||
|
|
"jerking",
|
||
|
|
"jolting",
|
||
|
|
"reeling",
|
||
|
|
"shaking",
|
||
|
|
"staggering",
|
||
|
|
"stumbling",
|
||
|
|
"teetering",
|
||
|
|
"toddling",
|
||
|
|
"tottering",
|
||
|
|
"tumbling",
|
||
|
|
"vacillating",
|
||
|
|
"vibrating",
|
||
|
|
"waddling",
|
||
|
|
"wavering",
|
||
|
|
"weaving",
|
||
|
|
"oscillating",
|
||
|
|
"undulating",
|
||
|
|
"wagging",
|
||
|
|
"waggling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we cannot afford to have the governor wobble at this critical time"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balancing",
|
||
|
|
"dithering",
|
||
|
|
"faltering",
|
||
|
|
"halting",
|
||
|
|
"hanging back",
|
||
|
|
"hesitating",
|
||
|
|
"scrupling",
|
||
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
||
|
|
"staggering",
|
||
|
|
"teetering",
|
||
|
|
"vacillating",
|
||
|
|
"wavering"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"hawing",
|
||
|
|
"hemming",
|
||
|
|
"dallying",
|
||
|
|
"dawdling",
|
||
|
|
"delaying",
|
||
|
|
"lingering",
|
||
|
|
"pausing",
|
||
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
||
|
|
"waiting",
|
||
|
|
"backing down",
|
||
|
|
"chickening (out)",
|
||
|
|
"considering",
|
||
|
|
"debating",
|
||
|
|
"deliberating",
|
||
|
|
"pondering",
|
||
|
|
"weighing",
|
||
|
|
"oscillating",
|
||
|
|
"swaying",
|
||
|
|
"equivocating",
|
||
|
|
"hedging",
|
||
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
||
|
|
"waffling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"deciding",
|
||
|
|
"budging",
|
||
|
|
"stirring",
|
||
|
|
"advancing",
|
||
|
|
"continuing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"diving (in)",
|
||
|
|
"plunging (in)"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the drunk stood up, wobbled for a moment, and fell forward"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"faltering",
|
||
|
|
"rocking",
|
||
|
|
"teetering",
|
||
|
|
"tottering",
|
||
|
|
"wavering"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"floundering",
|
||
|
|
"lurching",
|
||
|
|
"stumbling",
|
||
|
|
"toddling",
|
||
|
|
"quaking",
|
||
|
|
"quavering",
|
||
|
|
"quivering",
|
||
|
|
"shaking",
|
||
|
|
"shuddering",
|
||
|
|
"trembling",
|
||
|
|
"vibrating",
|
||
|
|
"careening",
|
||
|
|
"reeling",
|
||
|
|
"staggering",
|
||
|
|
"weaving"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"wabbles":{
|
||
|
|
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the patient's hand wobbles so much that he can scarcely hold a glass of water"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"agitates",
|
||
|
|
"buckets",
|
||
|
|
"convulses",
|
||
|
|
"jerks",
|
||
|
|
"jiggles",
|
||
|
|
"joggles",
|
||
|
|
"jolts",
|
||
|
|
"jounces",
|
||
|
|
"judders",
|
||
|
|
"quakes",
|
||
|
|
"quivers",
|
||
|
|
"shakes",
|
||
|
|
"shudders",
|
||
|
|
"vibrates"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"rocks",
|
||
|
|
"sways",
|
||
|
|
"swings",
|
||
|
|
"chatters",
|
||
|
|
"quavers",
|
||
|
|
"shivers",
|
||
|
|
"thrills",
|
||
|
|
"trembles",
|
||
|
|
"twitches",
|
||
|
|
"dodders",
|
||
|
|
"wavers",
|
||
|
|
"flickers",
|
||
|
|
"fluctuates",
|
||
|
|
"flutters",
|
||
|
|
"oscillates",
|
||
|
|
"undulates",
|
||
|
|
"waves",
|
||
|
|
"beats",
|
||
|
|
"palpitates",
|
||
|
|
"pit-a-pats",
|
||
|
|
"pitter-patters",
|
||
|
|
"pulsates",
|
||
|
|
"pulses",
|
||
|
|
"throbs"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the table wobbled whenever I leaned on it"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"careens",
|
||
|
|
"lurches",
|
||
|
|
"pitches",
|
||
|
|
"rocks",
|
||
|
|
"rolls",
|
||
|
|
"seesaws",
|
||
|
|
"sways",
|
||
|
|
"tosses"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blunders",
|
||
|
|
"bucks",
|
||
|
|
"dodders",
|
||
|
|
"falters",
|
||
|
|
"flounders",
|
||
|
|
"halts",
|
||
|
|
"hitches",
|
||
|
|
"hobbles",
|
||
|
|
"jerks",
|
||
|
|
"jolts",
|
||
|
|
"reels",
|
||
|
|
"shakes",
|
||
|
|
"staggers",
|
||
|
|
"stumbles",
|
||
|
|
"teeters",
|
||
|
|
"toddles",
|
||
|
|
"totters",
|
||
|
|
"tumbles",
|
||
|
|
"vacillates",
|
||
|
|
"vibrates",
|
||
|
|
"waddles",
|
||
|
|
"wavers",
|
||
|
|
"weaves",
|
||
|
|
"oscillates",
|
||
|
|
"undulates",
|
||
|
|
"waggles",
|
||
|
|
"wags"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we cannot afford to have the governor wobble at this critical time"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balances",
|
||
|
|
"dithers",
|
||
|
|
"falters",
|
||
|
|
"halts",
|
||
|
|
"hangs back",
|
||
|
|
"hesitates",
|
||
|
|
"scruples",
|
||
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
||
|
|
"staggers",
|
||
|
|
"teeters",
|
||
|
|
"vacillates",
|
||
|
|
"wavers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"haws",
|
||
|
|
"hems",
|
||
|
|
"dallies",
|
||
|
|
"dawdles",
|
||
|
|
"delays",
|
||
|
|
"lingers",
|
||
|
|
"pauses",
|
||
|
|
"procrastinates",
|
||
|
|
"waits",
|
||
|
|
"backs down",
|
||
|
|
"chickens (out)",
|
||
|
|
"considers",
|
||
|
|
"debates",
|
||
|
|
"deliberates",
|
||
|
|
"ponders",
|
||
|
|
"weighs",
|
||
|
|
"oscillates",
|
||
|
|
"sways",
|
||
|
|
"equivocates",
|
||
|
|
"hedges",
|
||
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
||
|
|
"waffles"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"decides",
|
||
|
|
"budges",
|
||
|
|
"stirs",
|
||
|
|
"advances",
|
||
|
|
"continues"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dives (in)",
|
||
|
|
"plunges (in)"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the drunk stood up, wobbled for a moment, and fell forward"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"falters",
|
||
|
|
"rocks",
|
||
|
|
"teeters",
|
||
|
|
"totters",
|
||
|
|
"wavers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"flounders",
|
||
|
|
"lurches",
|
||
|
|
"stumbles",
|
||
|
|
"toddles",
|
||
|
|
"quakes",
|
||
|
|
"quavers",
|
||
|
|
"quivers",
|
||
|
|
"shakes",
|
||
|
|
"shudders",
|
||
|
|
"trembles",
|
||
|
|
"vibrates",
|
||
|
|
"careens",
|
||
|
|
"reels",
|
||
|
|
"staggers",
|
||
|
|
"weaves"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
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},
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"as in vibrations , shakes":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"agitations",
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"jolts",
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"quakes",
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"shakes",
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"tremors",
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"vibrations",
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"quivers",
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"shivers",
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"shudders",
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"trembles",
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"fluctuations",
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"flutters",
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"oscillations",
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"waves",
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"beats",
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"palpitations",
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"pulsations",
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"pulses",
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"throbs"
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],
|
||
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"near antonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[]
|
||
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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||
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]
|
||
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},
|
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|
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"wabbly":{
|
||
|
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"marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements":{
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"all wobbly from the chills associated with the flu"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aquiver",
|
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"atremble",
|
||
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"quaking",
|
||
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"quavery",
|
||
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"quivering",
|
||
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"shaking",
|
||
|
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"shaky",
|
||
|
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"shuddering",
|
||
|
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"shuddery",
|
||
|
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"tottering",
|
||
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|
"tottery",
|
||
|
|
"trembling",
|
||
|
|
"trembly",
|
||
|
|
"tremulous",
|
||
|
|
"wobbling",
|
||
|
|
"wabbling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"convulsive",
|
||
|
|
"shivering",
|
||
|
|
"shivery",
|
||
|
|
"rocky",
|
||
|
|
"staggery",
|
||
|
|
"unstable",
|
||
|
|
"unsteady",
|
||
|
|
"wavering",
|
||
|
|
"wavery",
|
||
|
|
"palpitating",
|
||
|
|
"pulsating",
|
||
|
|
"throbbing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"controlled",
|
||
|
|
"firm",
|
||
|
|
"settled",
|
||
|
|
"stable",
|
||
|
|
"steady"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"wabblings":{
|
||
|
|
"marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"her wobbling gait is due to Parkinson's disease"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aquiver",
|
||
|
|
"atremble",
|
||
|
|
"quaking",
|
||
|
|
"quavery",
|
||
|
|
"quivering",
|
||
|
|
"shaking",
|
||
|
|
"shaky",
|
||
|
|
"shuddering",
|
||
|
|
"shuddery",
|
||
|
|
"tottering",
|
||
|
|
"tottery",
|
||
|
|
"trembling",
|
||
|
|
"trembly",
|
||
|
|
"tremulous",
|
||
|
|
"wobbly",
|
||
|
|
"wabbly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"convulsive",
|
||
|
|
"shivering",
|
||
|
|
"shivery",
|
||
|
|
"rocky",
|
||
|
|
"staggery",
|
||
|
|
"unstable",
|
||
|
|
"unsteady",
|
||
|
|
"wavering",
|
||
|
|
"wavery",
|
||
|
|
"palpitating",
|
||
|
|
"pulsating",
|
||
|
|
"throbbing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"controlled",
|
||
|
|
"firm",
|
||
|
|
"settled",
|
||
|
|
"stable",
|
||
|
|
"steady"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the mayor's apparent wobbling on the issue of increased property taxes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"faltering",
|
||
|
|
"fence-sitting",
|
||
|
|
"hesitance",
|
||
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
||
|
|
"hesitation",
|
||
|
|
"indecision",
|
||
|
|
"irresolution",
|
||
|
|
"pause",
|
||
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
||
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
||
|
|
"vacillation",
|
||
|
|
"wavering"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"delay",
|
||
|
|
"hawing",
|
||
|
|
"procrastination",
|
||
|
|
"waiting",
|
||
|
|
"arri\u00e8re-pens\u00e9e",
|
||
|
|
"misgiving",
|
||
|
|
"second thought",
|
||
|
|
"consideration",
|
||
|
|
"debate",
|
||
|
|
"deliberation",
|
||
|
|
"doubt",
|
||
|
|
"incertitude",
|
||
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
||
|
|
"indetermination",
|
||
|
|
"uncertainness",
|
||
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
||
|
|
"avoidance",
|
||
|
|
"equivocation",
|
||
|
|
"aversion",
|
||
|
|
"disinclination",
|
||
|
|
"indisposition",
|
||
|
|
"reluctance",
|
||
|
|
"unwillingness",
|
||
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
||
|
|
"shyness",
|
||
|
|
"timidity",
|
||
|
|
"timidness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"certainty",
|
||
|
|
"certitude",
|
||
|
|
"confidence",
|
||
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
||
|
|
"determination",
|
||
|
|
"firmness",
|
||
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
||
|
|
"resolution",
|
||
|
|
"sureness",
|
||
|
|
"alacrity",
|
||
|
|
"eagerness",
|
||
|
|
"readiness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the patient's hand wobbles so much that he can scarcely hold a glass of water"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"agitating",
|
||
|
|
"bucketing",
|
||
|
|
"convulsing",
|
||
|
|
"jerking",
|
||
|
|
"jiggling",
|
||
|
|
"joggling",
|
||
|
|
"jolting",
|
||
|
|
"jouncing",
|
||
|
|
"juddering",
|
||
|
|
"quaking",
|
||
|
|
"quivering",
|
||
|
|
"shaking",
|
||
|
|
"shuddering",
|
||
|
|
"vibrating"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"rocking",
|
||
|
|
"swaying",
|
||
|
|
"swinging",
|
||
|
|
"chattering",
|
||
|
|
"quavering",
|
||
|
|
"shivering",
|
||
|
|
"thrilling",
|
||
|
|
"trembling",
|
||
|
|
"twitching",
|
||
|
|
"doddering",
|
||
|
|
"wavering",
|
||
|
|
"flickering",
|
||
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
||
|
|
"fluttering",
|
||
|
|
"oscillating",
|
||
|
|
"undulating",
|
||
|
|
"waving",
|
||
|
|
"beating",
|
||
|
|
"palpitating",
|
||
|
|
"pit-a-patting",
|
||
|
|
"pitter-pattering",
|
||
|
|
"pulsating",
|
||
|
|
"pulsing",
|
||
|
|
"throbbing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the table wobbled whenever I leaned on it"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"careening",
|
||
|
|
"lurching",
|
||
|
|
"pitching",
|
||
|
|
"rocking",
|
||
|
|
"rolling",
|
||
|
|
"seesawing",
|
||
|
|
"swaying",
|
||
|
|
"tossing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blundering",
|
||
|
|
"bucking",
|
||
|
|
"doddering",
|
||
|
|
"faltering",
|
||
|
|
"floundering",
|
||
|
|
"halting",
|
||
|
|
"hitching",
|
||
|
|
"hobbling",
|
||
|
|
"jerking",
|
||
|
|
"jolting",
|
||
|
|
"reeling",
|
||
|
|
"shaking",
|
||
|
|
"staggering",
|
||
|
|
"stumbling",
|
||
|
|
"teetering",
|
||
|
|
"toddling",
|
||
|
|
"tottering",
|
||
|
|
"tumbling",
|
||
|
|
"vacillating",
|
||
|
|
"vibrating",
|
||
|
|
"waddling",
|
||
|
|
"wavering",
|
||
|
|
"weaving",
|
||
|
|
"oscillating",
|
||
|
|
"undulating",
|
||
|
|
"wagging",
|
||
|
|
"waggling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we cannot afford to have the governor wobble at this critical time"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balancing",
|
||
|
|
"dithering",
|
||
|
|
"faltering",
|
||
|
|
"halting",
|
||
|
|
"hanging back",
|
||
|
|
"hesitating",
|
||
|
|
"scrupling",
|
||
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
||
|
|
"staggering",
|
||
|
|
"teetering",
|
||
|
|
"vacillating",
|
||
|
|
"wavering"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"hawing",
|
||
|
|
"hemming",
|
||
|
|
"dallying",
|
||
|
|
"dawdling",
|
||
|
|
"delaying",
|
||
|
|
"lingering",
|
||
|
|
"pausing",
|
||
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
||
|
|
"waiting",
|
||
|
|
"backing down",
|
||
|
|
"chickening (out)",
|
||
|
|
"considering",
|
||
|
|
"debating",
|
||
|
|
"deliberating",
|
||
|
|
"pondering",
|
||
|
|
"weighing",
|
||
|
|
"oscillating",
|
||
|
|
"swaying",
|
||
|
|
"equivocating",
|
||
|
|
"hedging",
|
||
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
||
|
|
"waffling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"deciding",
|
||
|
|
"budging",
|
||
|
|
"stirring",
|
||
|
|
"advancing",
|
||
|
|
"continuing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"diving (in)",
|
||
|
|
"plunging (in)"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the drunk stood up, wobbled for a moment, and fell forward"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"faltering",
|
||
|
|
"rocking",
|
||
|
|
"teetering",
|
||
|
|
"tottering",
|
||
|
|
"wavering"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"floundering",
|
||
|
|
"lurching",
|
||
|
|
"stumbling",
|
||
|
|
"toddling",
|
||
|
|
"quaking",
|
||
|
|
"quavering",
|
||
|
|
"quivering",
|
||
|
|
"shaking",
|
||
|
|
"shuddering",
|
||
|
|
"trembling",
|
||
|
|
"vibrating",
|
||
|
|
"careening",
|
||
|
|
"reeling",
|
||
|
|
"staggering",
|
||
|
|
"weaving"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
}
|
||
|
|
}
|