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
succumbto yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire
discomfitto put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert
ineffableincapable of being expressed in words : indescribable
terrestrialof or relating to the earth or its inhabitants
polarizeto cause to vibrate in a definite pattern
hybridan offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera
statutoryof or relating to statutes
preternaturalexisting outside of nature
wantonmerciless
paleontologya science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains