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 |
|---|---|
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |