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 |
|---|---|
| demur | to take exception : object |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |