1. Word List: tain, ten, tent
hold

2. abstain
to hold back from an activity by choice; to hold back from voting

3. contain
to hold; to have within

4. detain
to hold back; to delay; to keep from proceeding

5. detention
a period of time in which someone is held back; to delay; a form of punishment by holding someone after school hours

6. extend
to hold back; to unbend; to stretch or spread out; to offer right or ownership

7. patent
legal ownership of an invention held by the creator; exclusive right or ownership

8. retainer
something that holds something else in; a device that holds something in

9. tenant
a holder of land rights; a person who holds the right to live in a residence; an occupant

10. tendon
a band of tough fibrous tissue that holds a muscle to a bone

11. tentative
holds back on the final decision; uncertain; hesitant; not fully agreed upon