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 |
|---|---|
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |