GRE Word List
AUTOMATON
a mechanism that is relatively self-operating
The meaning of the word automaton is a mechanism that is relatively self-operating.
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|---|---|
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
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| savory | having savor: such as |
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| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
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