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 |
|---|---|
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| condole | grieve |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |