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 |
|---|---|
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |