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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WordMeaning
disfigureto impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries
chafeirritate
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
ordinationthe act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained
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tentativenot fully worked out or developed
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