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 |
|---|---|
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |