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 |
|---|---|
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |