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
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| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
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| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |