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
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numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
except | with the exclusion or exception of |
atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |