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

WordMeaning
serebeing dried and withered
pulverizeto reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize
vilifyto utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame
inopportuneinconvenient
addenduma thing added : addition
amityfriendship
cantthe expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments
malaisean indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
tingea slight staining or suffusing shade or color
veritablebeing in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary