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 |
|---|---|
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |