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 |
|---|---|
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
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| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
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| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
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| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |