GRE Word List
DICHOTOMY
a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities
The meaning of the word dichotomy is a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| guileless | innocent |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| broach | brooch |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |