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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incrementthe amount or degree by which something changes
stoica member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.
venerateto regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
obituarya notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account
sullengloomily or resentfully silent or repressed
enjointo direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition
instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
insidioushaving a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle