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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| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
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| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| lewd | obscene |
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