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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
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| unison | identity in musical pitch |
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| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| nib | bill |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
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