GRE Word List

SCHISM

division

The meaning of the word schism is division.

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WordMeaning
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
dissertationan extended usually written treatment of a subject
ignoblecharacterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness
stunto make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze
accompliceone associated with another especially in wrongdoing
consensusgeneral agreement : unanimity
ancillarysubordinate
tantruma fit of bad temper
epicureanof or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism
frivolousof little weight or importance