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 |
|---|---|
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |