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 |
|---|---|
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| imbue | endow |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |