GRE Word List
MISNOMER
the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
The meaning of the word misnomer is the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| stench | stink |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| entity | being |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |