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 |
|---|---|
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| clime | climate |
| plumber | a dealer or worker in lead |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| cadaver | a dead body |