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.
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psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
apiarist | beekeeper |
travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |