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 |
|---|---|
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |