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 |
|---|---|
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| repercussion | reflection |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |