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 |
|---|---|
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| whimsy | whim |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |