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

WordMeaning
nethersituated down or below : lower
laxloose
suckleto give milk to from the breast or udder
shirkto go stealthily : sneak
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
regenerationan act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated
doldrumsa spell of listlessness or despondency
besetto set or stud with or as if with ornaments
preyan animal taken by a predator as food
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce