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 |
|---|---|
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| endue | provide |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |