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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|---|---|
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
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| grunt | to utter a grunt |
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| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
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| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |