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 |
|---|---|
| distend | extend |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| reek | smoke |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |