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
expoundto set forth : state
anointto smear or rub with oil or an oily substance
effigyan image or representation especially of a person
exclaimto cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion
nascentcoming or having recently come into existence
detachedstanding by itself : separate
incredulousunwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical
vacillateto waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses
pacifistan adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes
suffocateto stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation)