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
sentimentalmarked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
expungeto strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
stratuma bed or layer artificially made
martineta strict disciplinarian
recitala detailed account : enumeration
rescindto take away : remove
carcinogenicproducing or tending to produce cancer
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
predicamentthe character, status, or classification assigned by a predication