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 |
|---|---|
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |