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 |
|---|---|
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |