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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|---|---|
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
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| prowess | distinguished bravery |
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