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 |
|---|---|
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |