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 |
|---|---|
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |