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 |
|---|---|
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |