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 |
|---|---|
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| dull | tedious |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |