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 |
|---|---|
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
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| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
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| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
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