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 |
|---|---|
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| retrench | cut down |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |