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 |
|---|---|
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| occident | west |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |