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 |
|---|---|
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |