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 |
|---|---|
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |