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 |
|---|---|
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |