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 |
|---|---|
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| regime | regimen |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |