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 |
|---|---|
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |