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 |
|---|---|
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| shack | hut |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| encumber | weigh down |