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
ephemerallasting a very short time
regimeregimen
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
reprisea musical repetition:
provenderdry food for domestic animals : feed
concentrichaving a common center
universalincluding or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
infallibleincapable of error : unerring