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 |
|---|---|
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| retiring | reserved |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |