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 |
|---|---|
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |