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 |
|---|---|
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |