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 |
|---|---|
| fiend | devil |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |