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 |
|---|---|
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |