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 |
|---|---|
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| commune | talk over |
| cue | the letter q |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |