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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |