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
punyslight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak
personablepleasant or amiable in person : attractive
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
insinuateto impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply
ransackto look through thoroughly in often a rough way
imperativenot to be avoided or evaded : necessary
exertionthe act or an instance of exerting
equitablehaving or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned
briskkeenly alert : lively
patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people