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 |
|---|---|
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| bountiful | liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favors |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |