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 |
|---|---|
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |