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 |
|---|---|
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |