GRE vocabulary
Sublimate
to divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity; (in chemistry) to change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid.
Example
"Artists often sublimate their raw emotions into their creative works."
Etymology
From Latin 'sublimare' meaning 'to lift up, elevate', from 'sublimis' (lofty).
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