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 |
|---|---|
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |