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 |
|---|---|
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| sibling | sib |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| sidetrack | siding |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |