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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |