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 |
|---|---|
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| warranted | sanction |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |