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
refuseto express oneself as unwilling to accept
kudospraise given for achievement
mangyaffected with or resulting from mange
transpireto take place : go on
magistratean official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as
grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence
amnesialoss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness
animusa usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will
obliqueneither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined
impecunioushaving very little or no money usually habitually : penniless