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 |
|---|---|
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| writ | something written : writing |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| actuary | clerk |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |