GRE Word List
AMBIVALENCE
simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
The meaning of the word ambivalence is simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| sheer | unqualified |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |