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 |
|---|---|
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| occident | west |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |