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 |
|---|---|
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |