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 |
|---|---|
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| fabricate | invent |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |