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 |
|---|---|
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |