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 |
|---|---|
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |