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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |