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 |
|---|---|
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
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| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
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