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 |
|---|---|
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |