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
stinta period of time spent at a particular activity
retrenchcut down
brackishsomewhat salty
redolentexuding fragrance : aromatic
sluggishaverse to activity or exertion : indolent
elaborateplanned or carried out with great care
idyllicpleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
germinalbeing in the earliest stage of development
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor