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 |
|---|---|
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| plane | airplane |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |