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 |
|---|---|
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| noisome | noxious |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |