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 |
|---|---|
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| acetic | vinegary |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |