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.

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WordMeaning
provenanceorigin
pristinebelonging to the earliest period or state : original
amassto collect for oneself : accumulate
dismantleto disconnect the pieces of
suturea strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body
juggernauta massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path
concavehollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
parallelextending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant
inarticulateincapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings