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 |
|---|---|
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |