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 |
|---|---|
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |