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 |
|---|---|
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |