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 |
|---|---|
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |