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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |