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 |
|---|---|
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |