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 |
|---|---|
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| chafe | irritate |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |