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 |
|---|---|
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |