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 |
|---|---|
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| approbation | commendation |
| forte | one's strong point |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| brazen | made of brass |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |