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 |
|---|---|
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| acclaim | applaud |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| asunder | into parts |
| stilted | pompous |