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 |
|---|---|
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |