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 |
|---|---|
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| gerontology | the comprehensive multidisciplinary study of aging and older adults compare geriatrics |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |