GRE Word List
SCHISM
division
The meaning of the word schism is division.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sober | not intoxicated |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| upright | perpendicular |