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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| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
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| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
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