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 |
|---|---|
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |