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 |
|---|---|
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| historic | historical |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| fester | to generate pus |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |