GRE Word List
AUTONOMOUS
having the right or power of self-government
The meaning of the word autonomous is having the right or power of self-government.
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fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
purse | a small bag for money |
imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |