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 |
|---|---|
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| grudging | unwilling |