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 |
|---|---|
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| mystic | mystical |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |