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 |
|---|---|
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |