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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| unfrock | defrock |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| courier | messenger |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| trample | tramp |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |