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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| approbation | commendation |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |