GRE Word List
HELM
a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering
The meaning of the word helm is a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| verge | brink |