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 |
|---|---|
| gnome | maxim |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| 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) |