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 |
|---|---|
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| superannuated | outmoded |