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 |
|---|---|
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| savant | a person of learning |
| acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| clime | climate |