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 |
|---|---|
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |