SAT vocabulary

Ambivalent

having mixed, contradictory, or conflicting feelings about something

Example

"Elena remained ambivalent about moving to the capital, excited by career prospects yet loath to leave her hometown."

From German 'Ambivalenz', coined by Swiss psychologist Eugen Bleuler, from Latin 'ambi-' (both) and 'valere' (to be strong)

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