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Vacillate (v)
- To vacillate is to oscillate. Not sure of something. Wavering
- Hesitant
Vacillator (n) Vacillation (n) Vacillatingly (adv)

Ex:
I was unable to decide on these choices 'cos my mind kept vascillating.
He s kind of a vacillator.
Dont vacillate while taking important decisions
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ubiquitous (Adjective)
- Omnipresent

Ubiquitous derives, via French, from Latin ubique, everywhere, from ubi, where. The state of being ubiquitous is ubiquity.

ubiquitously (adv).
ubiquitousness (n).

Ex:
Before Tarzan, nobody understood just how big, how ubiquitous, how marketable a star could be
Shall i say mobile phones are ubiquitously present everywhere these days?
I could feel His presence everywhere, He is ubiquitous
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warmonger (n)
- Person who advocates war and war like policies
warmongering(adj)

Ex:
Stop acting like a warmonger, its doing no good to anyone
"Get rid of this warmonger now!", said the captain.
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recidivism (n)
-A tendency to lapse into a previous condition or pattern of behavior; especially, a falling back or relapse into prior criminal habits

recidivist (n) recidivistic or recidivous (adj)

Ex:
The social activist tried her level best to bring down the recidivism rate among the young prisoners
Are you sure that the disease wont recidiviate after taking these pills?
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quandary (n)
- State of uncertainity, perplexity-predicament, especially as requiring a choice between two unfavourable options

Ex:
I was in a quandary as my mind kept vacillating.
Life is in a quandary for many of us, as most of us are not sure as to what we really want in life.
"Dont laugh at my miserable quandary" she said angrily at him.
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effete (adj)
- Worn out, exhausted, infertile, No longer capable of producing young

Effete derives from Latin effetus, "weakened by giving birth; worn out, exhausted; effete," from ex- + fetus, "bearing young, pregnant."

Ex:
After a hard day's work, I feel effete, unable to move a feet longer!
"With increase in violence and corruption, people's confidence in cops has become effete", some claimed
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duress (n)
-wrongful and usually unlawful compulsion (as threats of physical violence) that induces a person to act against his or her will

Ex:
He was put under extreme duress to work on this project.
The will was signed by her under duress and hence its invalid
The police made him confess the crime under duress
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abrade (v)
- to wear away, erode
- rub away by friction

Ex:
Dont expose the skin to the abrasive
The coastline was abraded constantly by the waves
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abrogate (v)
-To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

Ex:
The collector tried to abrogate the practice by enforcing the law