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 |
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| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |