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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WordMeaning
usurpto seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right
impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
introspectivecharacterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection
prudentcharacterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as
habitatthe place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
polyglotone who is polyglot
decryto depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly
indoctrinateto imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle
aeriethe nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard