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 |
|---|---|
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| obscure | dark |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |