GRE Word List
SCHISM
division
The meaning of the word schism is division.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |