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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| laud | praise |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |