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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|---|---|
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| scion | descendant |
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| colloquy | conversation |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
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