GRE Word List
SCHISM
division
The meaning of the word schism is division.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| boor | peasant |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |