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 |
|---|---|
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| primal | original |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |