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 |
|---|---|
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| verge | brink |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| pungent | sharply painful |