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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|---|---|
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
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| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
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| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |