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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| fiend | devil |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
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