GRE Word List
DETAIN
to hold or keep in or as if in custody
The meaning of the word detain is to hold or keep in or as if in custody.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |