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  • 51wavering — Synonyms and related words: adrift, aflicker, afloat, agnostic, alternating, alternation, ambiguous, amorphous, bickering, blinking, broken, capricious, capriciousness, careening, catchy, chancy, changeability, changeable, changeableness,… …

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  • 52wigwag — Synonyms and related words: Lissajous figure, Roman candle, aid to navigation, alarm, alternate, alternation, amber light, back and fill, back and forth, balefire, battledore and shuttlecock, beacon, beacon fire, bell, bell buoy, blinker, blue… …

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  • 53tóbígend — 1. tóbígende adj bowing down, tottering; 2. m ( es/ ) bowing down, tottering …

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  • 54precarious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dangerous, risky; critical; doubtful, uncertain, unsafe, insecure, unstable. See transientness, danger. Ant., safe. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. doubtful, uncertain, dubious; see dangerous 1 . III… …

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  • 55unstable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. irregular, fluctuating, unsteady; inconstant, vacillating, fickle, changeable, variable. See changeableness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having a high center of gravity] Syn. unsteady, wavering,… …

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  • 56unsteady — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fluctuating, waving, shifting, vacillating, irresolute, shaky, tottery, wobbly, infirm. See inequality, changeableness, agitation. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Wobbly] Syn. unstable, wiggly, wavering …

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  • 57doddering — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tottering, senile, trembling, decrepit; see old 1 , shaky 2 , weak 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. feebleminded, senile, faltering, weak, infirm, decrepit, shaky, tottering, shuffling, quivering, *dotty. ANT.: hale …

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  • 58wobbly — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. wavering, unbalanced, precarious; see shaky 1 , unsteady 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not physically steady or firm: precarious, rickety, shaky, tottering, tottery, unstable, unsteady. See FLEXIBLE. 2.… …

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  • 59tottery — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not physically steady or firm: precarious, rickety, shaky, tottering, unstable, unsteady, wobbly. See FLEXIBLE. 2. Lacking stability: infirm, insecure, precarious, shaky, tottering, unstable, unsteady, unsure,… …

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  • 60Deterioration — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deterioration >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deterioration deterioration debasement Sgm: N 1 wane wane ebb Sgm: N 1 recession recession &c. 287 Sgm: N 1 retrogradation retrogradation &c. 283 …

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