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 |
|---|---|
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| encumber | weigh down |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| superannuated | outmoded |