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 |
|---|---|
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |