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 |
|---|---|
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |