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 |
|---|---|
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| privy | private |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |