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 |
|---|---|
| forlorn | bereft |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |