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 |
|---|---|
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| score | twenty |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |