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 |
|---|---|
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| edifice | building |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| flighty | swift |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |