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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WordMeaning
dissensiondisagreement
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
insomniaprolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep
enclavea distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory
reprisala retaliatory act
talonthe claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey
strutto become turgid : swell
kneelto position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor
immobilitynot moving : motionless
malcontenta discontented person: