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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WordMeaning
aloofremoved or distant either physically or emotionally
irremediablenot remediable
prosperousauspicious
incubateto sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body
jostleto come in contact or into collision
refuteto prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
unprecedentedhaving no precedent : novel
clairvoyanthaving clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception
bumpa relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem