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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| poise | balance |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| martial | of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |