GRE Word List
SCHISM
division
The meaning of the word schism is division.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| guileless | innocent |
| portly | dignified |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |