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 |
|---|---|
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |