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 |
|---|---|
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| unsavory | insipid |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |