GRE Word List
SCHISM
division
The meaning of the word schism is division.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |