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

WordMeaning
concedeto acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly
littera covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger
metricalof, relating to, or composed in meter
adjurationa solemn oath
looma frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace
onomatopoeiathe naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss)
annuitya sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals
moresthe fixed morally binding customs of a particular group
putrescentundergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid
shuffleto mix in a mass confusedly : jumble