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 |
|---|---|
| arid | excessively dry |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| billow | wave |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| debonair | suave |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |