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 |
|---|---|
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |