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 |
|---|---|
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |