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 |
|---|---|
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |