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 |
|---|---|
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |