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 |
|---|---|
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| viand | an item of food |