AUTO- Self Flashcards
Autocrat
An absolute ruler; domineering, self-willed person
Autocracy
Government by a single person
Autocratic
Ruling by oneself; domineering
Automation
System using self-operating machines
Automatic
Operating by itself
Automaton
An apparatus that functions by itself; a robot; also, a person who lost all human qualities and acts mechanically
Automobile
A self-moving vehicle
Autonomic
Pertaining to the automatic nervous system, which acts according to its own (self) laws rather than through voluntary control. It regulates heart, digestive system, etc.
Autonomous
Self-governing
Autonomy
The right of self-government
Autopsy
Seeing for oneself; examination of a dead body to discover cause of death
Autobiography
A history of a person’s life written or told by that person
Autograph
Something written in a person’s own hand, as a manuscript/letter; a person’s own signature
Automat
A type of self-service restaurant in which customers obtain food from small compartments by depositing the required number of coins in slots so that the doors can be opened