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 |
|---|---|
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| defer | put off |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |