GRE Word List
WEAN
to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing
The meaning of the word wean is to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| provenance | origin |