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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WordMeaning
rejuvenateto make young or youthful again : give new vigor to
detonationthe action or process of detonating
inveigleto win over by wiles : entice
casualsubject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
defrockto deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf
prosperitythe condition of being successful or thriving
disbarto expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges
mutinousdisposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious