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 |
|---|---|
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |