GRE Word List
ETHOS
the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution
The meaning of the word ethos is the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| prank | trick |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
