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 |
|---|---|
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| realm | kingdom |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |