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 |
|---|---|
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| executioner | one who executes |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |