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.

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WordMeaning
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
unmitigatednot lessened : unrelieved
languorweakness or weariness of body or mind
sinewyfull of sinews: such as
claspa device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
tawnyof the color tawny
topographythe art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations
aeriethe nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop
magnitudegreat size or extent