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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| billow | wave |
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| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
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| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
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| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |