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

WordMeaning
charydiscreetly cautious: such as
comelypleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion
dozeto sleep lightly
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
intermediarymediator
cipherzero
hypochondriachypochondriacal
quirkan abrupt twist or curve
volleythe flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground
repellentserving or tending to drive away or ward off