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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uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
juncture | a point of time |
saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |