GRE Word List
SCHISM
division
The meaning of the word schism is division.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| refrain | curb |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |