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 |
|---|---|
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| juncture | a point of time |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |