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 |
|---|---|
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |