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 |
|---|---|
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| entity | being |
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| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |