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 |
|---|---|
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| hallowed | holy |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |