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 |
|---|---|
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| ramification | branch |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| integrate | to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole : unite |