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 |
|---|---|
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |