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 |
|---|---|
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |