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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| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |