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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| score | twenty |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| onus | burden |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |