GRE Word List
LIBIDO
instinctual 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
The meaning of the word libido is instinctual 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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imply | to express indirectly |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| dilute | attenuate |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| concordat | compact |