GRE Word List
SKIM
to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance
The meaning of the word skim is to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| pitfall | trap |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| retrench | cut down |