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 |
|---|---|
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |