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 |
|---|---|
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| junket | trip |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |