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 |
|---|---|
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |