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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| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
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| refrain | curb |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
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| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
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