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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WordMeaning
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
phenomenaphenomenon
nibbill
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
terminuseither end of a transportation line or travel route
defunctno longer living, existing, or functioning
onerousinvolving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome
bugabooan imaginary object of fear
construeto analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
institutesomething that is instituted: such as