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 |
|---|---|
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| kismet | fate |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |