GRE Word List

PLATONIC

of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism

The meaning of the word platonic is of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism.

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deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
galea strong current of air:
intimatemarked by a warm friendship developing through long association
fluxa flowing of fluid from the body: such as
permeablecapable of being permeated : penetrable
exacerbateto make more violent, bitter, or severe
presagesomething that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen
libidoinstinctual 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
disheartento cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale
furrowa trench in the earth made by a plow