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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WordMeaning
cupidityinordinate desire for wealth : avarice
placidserenely free of interruption or disturbance
wrenchto move with a violent twist
embroiderto ornament with needlework
illusiona misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion
turbidthick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment
guyman
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
loiterto delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle
stem_fromarise from; originate from