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 |
|---|---|
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
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| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
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| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
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| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |