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 |
|---|---|
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| juncture | a point of time |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |