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 |
|---|---|
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| ram | a male sheep |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |