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 |
|---|---|
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| guy | man |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| cipher | zero |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |