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 |
|---|---|
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| acme | the highest point or stage |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |