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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shear | to cut off the hair from |
corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
upright | perpendicular |
supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
cater | to provide a supply of food |
inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |