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 |
|---|---|
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| microcosm | a little world |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| calculated | apt |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |