GRE Word List

SCHISM

division

The meaning of the word schism is division.

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WordMeaning
affidavita sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation
beneficialproducing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit
sparenot being used
cringeto recoil in distaste
interveneto occur, fall, or come between points of time or events
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
ricketyaffected with rickets
enactto establish by legal and authoritative act
tediumthe quality or state of being tedious : tediousness
spatsquabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel