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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brazen | made of brass |
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| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
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| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
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