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 |
|---|---|
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
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| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |