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 |
|---|---|
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| fester | to generate pus |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |