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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| plane | airplane |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |