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 |
|---|---|
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |