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 |
|---|---|
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |