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 |
|---|---|
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |