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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WordMeaning
confoundto throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity
primaryfirst in order of time or development : primitive
redressto set right : remedy
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
crestfallenhaving a drooping crest or hanging head
concomitantaccompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
queruloushabitually complaining
unassailablenot assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question