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 |
|---|---|
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |