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 |
|---|---|
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| drivel | nonsense |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| malediction | curse |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |