GRE Word List
MORES
conventions; moral standards; moral customs
The meaning of the word mores is conventions; moral standards; moral customs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fussy | fastidious; finicky; easily upset |
| pseudonym | pen name; fictitious name assumed by an author; ADJ. pseudonymous |
| brackish | somewhat saline |
| dirge | funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person) |
| drudge | do drudgery; N: person who drudges |
| empathy | ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc.; identification with and understanding of another's feelings; V. empathize; CF. sympathy |
| fiat | command; arbitrary order; Ex. presidential fiat; CF. let it be done |
| plethora | excess; overabundance; Ex. a plethora of excuses |
| fluted | having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar); V. flute: make long parallel inward curves in; N. flute: long rounded groove incised on the shaft of a column |
| insubstantial | lacking substance; insignificant; frail; immaterial |