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 |
|---|---|
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| dynamo | generator |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |