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 |
|---|---|
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| approbation | commendation |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |