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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fienddevil
plaitpleat
stanchto check or stop the flowing of
infidelone who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity
distantseparated in space : away
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