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 |
|---|---|
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| seasoned | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |