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 |
|---|---|
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |