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
disbarto expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges
gambolto skip about in play : frisk
obsoleteno longer in use or no longer useful
cringeto recoil in distaste
circumlocutionthe use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
darta light spear
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
antagonismopposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle
myopicaffected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted
discrepancythe quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance