GRE Word List
SCHISM
division
The meaning of the word schism is division.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grudging | unwilling |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |