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 |
|---|---|
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |