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 |
|---|---|
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |