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 |
|---|---|
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| lode | waterway |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |