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 |
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| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| eventual | contingent |