GRE Word List

SCHISM

division

The meaning of the word schism is division.

Random words

WordMeaning
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
centigraderelating 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
cloyingdisgusting or distasteful by reason of excess
distinctivemarking as separate or different : serving to distinguish
contentiona point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument
botchan inflammatory sore
clichea trite phrase or expression
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
equivocateto use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive
discordantbeing at variance : disagreeing