GRE Word List
AMBIVALENCE
the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions
The meaning of the word ambivalence is the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subsequent | following in time or order; later |
| scholarly | full of learning; erudite; like a scholar; Ex. scholarly journal |
| melancholy | gloomy; morose; blue; N. ADJ. melancholic; CF. melancholia |
| enhance | increase; make greater (as in value, reputation, or usefulness); improve |
| pedantic | bookish; showing off learning; marked by an excessive ostentatious concern for book learning; N. pedantry |
| pudding | hot sweet dish |
| dynamo | generator for producing electricity; energetic person |
| wage | begin and continue (a war) |
| repine | fret; complain; be annoyed; Ex. repine over the undone work |
| smattering | slight knowledge; small scattered number or amount; Ex. smattering of German |