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 |
|---|---|
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| wreak | bring about |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |