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 |
|---|---|
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |