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 |
|---|---|
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| residual | remainder |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |