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 |
|---|---|
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| mortician | undertaker |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |