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 |
|---|---|
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |