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 |
|---|---|
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |