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 |
|---|---|
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |