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 |
|---|---|
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |