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 |
|---|---|
| ramification | branch |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| farce | stuff |
| tyranny | oppressive power |