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 |
|---|---|
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| chafe | irritate |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| exude | to ooze out |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |