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 |
|---|---|
| encompass | include |
| enhance | heighten |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |