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 |
|---|---|
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |