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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |