GRE Word List

SCHISM

division

The meaning of the word schism is division.

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WordMeaning
partitionthe action of parting : the state of being parted : division
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
solventable to pay all legal debts
dintforce
constituenta member of a constituency
ingrainedforming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated
aphasialoss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection)
sagaciousof keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning
scenarioan outline or synopsis of a play
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)