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 |
|---|---|
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |