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 |
|---|---|
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |