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 |
|---|---|
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| portly | dignified |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| predecessor | one that precedes |