AUTO~self

Question 0

autocrat

Answer 0

[CRAT to rule]

an absolute ruler, domineering; self-willed person

Question 1

autocracy

Answer 1

[CRAT to rule] government by a single person

Question 2

automation

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[MAT to act] a system using self-operating machines

Ex: the company introduced automation and replaced their workers with robots

Question 3

automaton

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[MAT to act] an apparatus that functions by itself

Question 4

autonomic

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[NOM law] pertaining to the automatic nervous system, which acts according to its own (self) laws rather than through voluntary control. It regulates the heart, digestive system, and so forth
Ex: He was trying to learn to control the actions of his autonomic nervous system through biofeedback

Question 5

autonomous

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[AUTO self NOM law]
Self governing
Ex: released from state control, the college finally became autonomous

Question 6

autonomy

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[NOM law]
the right of self-government
Ex: many small nations are struggling for autonomy

Question 7

autopsy

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(aw’ top sē) [OP sight]
a seeing for oneself; an examination of a dead body to discover the cause of death.
Ex: the autopsy revealed that the cause of the death was a heart attact

Question 8

domineering

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trying to control other without considering how they feel or what they want
Ex: a domineering mother

Question 9

self-willed

Answer 9

very determined to do what you want even when this is unreasonable