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 |
|---|---|
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |