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 |
|---|---|
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| fete | festival |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |