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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bureaucracya body of nonelected government officials
allocateto apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute
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curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
concatenatelinked together
cacophonousmarked by cacophony : harsh-sounding
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