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 |
|---|---|
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |