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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trenchantkeen
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cringeto recoil in distaste
polemican aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another
ferventvery hot : glowing
outlooka place offering a view
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