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 |
|---|---|
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| imprecation | curse |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |