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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| provident | frugal |
| seemly | good-looking |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |