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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WordMeaning
disconcertto throw into confusion
disgruntleto make ill-humored or discontented
gauchelacking social experience or grace
repudiateto refuse to accept
refulgenta radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance
marshala 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
bruisean injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
retainto keep in possession or use
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously