GRE Word List
MORES
the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group
The meaning of the word mores is the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| outlook | a place offering a view |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |