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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |