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 |
|---|---|
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |