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 |
|---|---|
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| collected | gathered together |
| dys- | abnormal |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |