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 |
|---|---|
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| commune | talk over |