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 |
|---|---|
| welter | writhe |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| raiment | clothing |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| rotunda | a round building |
| collected | gathered together |