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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |