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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| victuals | food usable by people |
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| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| purported | reputed |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |