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 |
|---|---|
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| niggle | trifle |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |