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 |
|---|---|
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| entity | being |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |