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 |
|---|---|
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| auroral | dawn |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |