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 |
|---|---|
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| championship | designation as champion |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |