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 |
|---|---|
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| opus | work |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |