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 |
|---|---|
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| cursive | running |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| pliant | pliable |