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 |
|---|---|
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |