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 |
|---|---|
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| submerge | to put under water |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |