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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |