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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disavowalto deny responsibility for : repudiate
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gnarledfull of knots or gnarls : knotty
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