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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
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| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |