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
promptto move to action : incite
raptlifted up and carried away
counterpartone of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate
incarnationthe act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate
pervasiveexisting in or spreading through every part of something
calculatedapt
coteriean intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose
summationthe act or process of forming a sum : addition
lotan object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with
habituateto make used to something : accustom