GRE Word List
MORES
conventions; moral standards; moral customs
The meaning of the word mores is conventions; moral standards; moral customs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| niggardly | meanly stingy; parsimonious; N. niggard: stingy person |
| smug | self-satisfied; complacent |
| tundra | rolling treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America |
| puissant | powerful; strong; potent; N. puissance: power |
| slur | pronounce indistinctly; speak indistinctly; mumble |
| censorious | severely critical |
| fauna | animals of a period or region; CF. flora |
| anthropologist | student of the history and science of humankind |
| militia | army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers |
| antique | made in an earlier period and usu. valuable; N: object that was made in an earlier period and that is rare or valuable |
