GRE Word List
SCHISM
division
The meaning of the word schism is division.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| foppish | foolish |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| junket | trip |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |