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 |
|---|---|
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |