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 |
|---|---|
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| residual | remainder |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| congenial | pleasant |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |