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 |
|---|---|
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |