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 |
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| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
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| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
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| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |