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 |
|---|---|
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |