GRE Word List
CONTINENCE
the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily
The meaning of the word continence is the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| sleek | slick |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| noisome | noxious |