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 |
|---|---|
| motley | variegated in color |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |