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 |
|---|---|
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| amend | to put right |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| imprecation | curse |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |