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 |
|---|---|
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| deify | to make a god of |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |