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 |
|---|---|
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |