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 |
|---|---|
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |