GRE Word List
FATALISM
a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
The meaning of the word fatalism is a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| fulcrum | prop |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| harass | exhaust |