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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |