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 |
|---|---|
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| laud | praise |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |