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.

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WordMeaning
ablutionthe washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite)
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mendaciousgiven to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
underlyinglying beneath or below
harbora place of security and comfort : refuge
climeclimate
plumbera dealer or worker in lead
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
warblea melodious succession of low pleasing sounds
cadavera dead body