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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willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
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homogeneousof the same or a similar kind or nature
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condolegrieve
disinterto take out of the grave or tomb
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