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 |
|---|---|
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| viand | an item of food |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |