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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WordMeaning
typhoona hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea
serratednotched or toothed on the edge
adventitiouscoming from another source and not inherent or innate
siderealof, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
loftan upper room or floor : attic
wallowto roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner
foistto introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)