GRE Word List
SCHISM
division
The meaning of the word schism is division.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |