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 |
|---|---|
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| random | a haphazard course |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |