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 |
|---|---|
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| exude | to ooze out |