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.

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aberrantdeviating from the usual or natural type : atypical
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delusionsomething that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated
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legenda story coming down from the past
depleteto empty of a principal substance
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