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 |
|---|---|
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| heed | to pay attention |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |