GRE vocabulary
oscillate
to move or swing back and forth, or to waver between options
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Common questions
Questions about “oscillate”
Oscillate (verb) means to move or swing back and forth, or to waver between options
Here is oscillate used in an example sentence: "Public opinion continued to oscillate between hope and fear during the crisis."
Common synonyms for oscillate include fluctuate, waver, vacillate.
Antonyms of oscillate include stabilize, settle.
Oscillate is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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