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 |
|---|---|
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| enamored | affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |