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 |
|---|---|
| steep | lofty |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |