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 |
|---|---|
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| brazen | made of brass |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |