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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purported | reputed |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |