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 |
|---|---|
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| amend | to put right |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| venue | locale |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |