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
confideto have confidence : trust
mountebanka person who sells quack medicines from a platform
overturean initiative toward agreement or action : proposal
voluminoushaving or marked by great volume or bulk : large
deadlocka state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill
refectorya dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
declivitydownward inclination
motilitythe quality or state of being motile : capability of movement
myopicaffected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted
cunningdexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end