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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| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
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| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
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| viand | an item of food |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |