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 |
|---|---|
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| imprecation | curse |