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 |
|---|---|
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |