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
covenanta usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact
ultimatuma final proposition, condition, or demand
bellicosefavoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
miscellaneousconsisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous
unsavoryinsipid
putativecommonly accepted or supposed
genuflectto bend the knee
laudpraise
derangedmentally unsound : crazy
ancillarysubordinate