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
titillateto excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation
immunenot susceptible or responsive
pell-mellin mingled confusion or disorder
retrieveto locate and bring in (killed or wounded game)
standstilla state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop
primordialfirst created or developed : primeval
valedictionan act of bidding farewell
tenantone who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another
mountebanka person who sells quack medicines from a platform
craveto ask for earnestly : beg