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.

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WordMeaning
unkemptnot combed
contentiona point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument
concentrichaving a common center
abysmalimmeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad
limpto walk lamely
damnto condemn to a punishment or fate
preponderancea superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength
universalincluding or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception
impietythe quality or state of being impious : irreverence
adamantunshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding