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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WordMeaning
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
skittishlively or frisky in action : capricious
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously
igneousformed by solidification of magma
vexto bring trouble, distress, or agitation to
gruesomeinspiring horror or repulsion : grisly
annexto attach as a quality, consequence, or condition
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
indulgeto yield to the desire of : humor
prunea plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation