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 |
|---|---|
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| spate | freshet |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |