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 |
|---|---|
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |