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 |
|---|---|
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| dys- | abnormal |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| paradigm | example |