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 |
|---|---|
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| lax | loose |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| regeneration | an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |