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.
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console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
contrive | devise |
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decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
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