GRE Word List

ANNALS

a record of events arranged in yearly sequence

The meaning of the word annals is a record of events arranged in yearly sequence.

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compactpredominantly formed or filled : composed
chicanerydeception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery
rigorharsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity
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carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
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laymana person who is not a member of the clergy
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