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 |
|---|---|
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| dilute | attenuate |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| provenance | origin |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |