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

WordMeaning
ballasta heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine)
quarrygame
provisionthe act or process of providing
sporadicoccurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances
bludgeona short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon
unscathedwholly unharmed : not injured
ramificationbranch
pandemicoccurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
inarticulateincapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings
accessoryan object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else