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

WordMeaning
insatiableincapable of being satisfied : quenchless
aquilinecurving like an eagle's beak
betokento typify beforehand : presage
presagesomething that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen
retentivehaving the power, property, or capacity of retaining
disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
agglomerationthe action or process of collecting in a mass
imperilto bring into peril : endanger
probityadherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness
pronouncedstrongly marked : decided