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
ragamuffina ragged often disreputable person
pillorya device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked
dourstern
impetusa driving force : impulse
complicityassociation or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
feignto give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression
supplicantone who supplicates
shama trick that deludes : hoax
intimatemarked by a warm friendship developing through long association
warpa series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft