GRE Word List
INEVITABLE
incapable of being avoided or evaded
The meaning of the word inevitable is incapable of being avoided or evaded.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |