GRE Word List

CORPUS

the body of a human or animal especially when dead

The meaning of the word corpus is the body of a human or animal especially when dead.

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libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
interveneto occur, fall, or come between points of time or events
resplendentshining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
innovationa new idea, method, or device : novelty
frockan outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit
carousala wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse
bewitchto influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft
acutecharacterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset