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 |
|---|---|
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |