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 |
|---|---|
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |