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
wantonmerciless
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festerto generate pus
lodewaterway
persistto go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
foiblethe part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point
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effusionan act of effusing
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