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 |
|---|---|
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
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| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
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| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
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| militate | to have weight or effect |